England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

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