Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

There is scarcely any popular tenet more erroneous than that which holds that when time is slow, life is dull.

The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

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

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

Poverty has its duties as well as its rights.