Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.

The unfortunate are always egotistical.

I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.