The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.

I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain.

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

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.