Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour's reading would not dissipate.

A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.

The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.