Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to "gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
