The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the divine right of government is the keystone of human progress, and without it governments sink into police, and a nation is degraded into a mob.

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.