"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

Change is constant in a progressive country.

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. Instead of the city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Yet, rightly understood, Manchester is as great a human exploit; as Athens.

Travel teaches toleration.