Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.

The world is ruled by other people, than people believe to know.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honors or of wealth.

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.

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.