Edwards Pierreport Quotes

PIERREPONT, Edwards Quotes

(1817-1892), American lawyer

Dancing

You may be invited to a ball or dinner because you dance or tell a good story; but no one since the time of Queen Elizabeth has been made a cabinet minister or a lord chancellor for such reasons.

Public

Each man in his sphere, however narrow or extended, will find that his fellowmen weigh his character and his abilities often, and unconsciously stamp him with their estimate: and that the average resultant of these frequent estimates is just.