The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription, some of them fortified by muniments, but all of them the fruit and experience of an ancient and illustrious people.

It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

To achieve what you want, you have to be stronger than those around you

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.