A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.
Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.
I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.
Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.