More From Henry Adams
- "Friends are born, not made."
- "The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing."
- "American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it."
More In Best
- "Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does."― Nick Clegg
- "Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau."― Gene Tierney
- "Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves."― Alexis de Tocqueville