I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

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.

All my successes have been built on my failures.

Silence is the mother of truth.

Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.