What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.

Genius, when young, is divine.

Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

I have a great confidence in the revelations which holidays bring forth.