If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character boils over and is at once dissipated and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea himself standing unmoved.

The path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.

The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied.

To paraphrase Winston Churchill I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.