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

England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.

News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class; publication and not news.

Small things affects small minds.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.