England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.

The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll.

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

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

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.