Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription, some of them fortified by muniments, but all of them the fruit and experience of an ancient and illustrious people.

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

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.

A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.

All is race - there is no other truth.