Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.

If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking, - the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.

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

Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

I believe absence is a great element of charm.

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