There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.

My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.