I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

Ignorance never settles a question.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Life is too short to be little.

I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed Two Nations, governed by different laws, influenced by different manners, with no thoughts or sympathies in common; with an innate inability of mutual comprehension.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.