'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

I am the blank page between the Old and the New Testament.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.

Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.

The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.

I believe absence is a great element of charm.