There was great reason to doubt the man at the helm.

But nevertheless he had been lucky.

There is no merit in a public man like success! But now, when the evil days were wellnigh over, came the question whether he had not been too successful.

When a man has nailed fortune to his chariot-wheels he is apt to travel about in rather a proud fashion.

There are servants who think that their masters cannot do without them; and the public also may occasionally have some such servant.