You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

There is moderation even in excess.

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.