Knowledge of mankind is a knowledge of their passions.

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

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.

It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.

Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.