A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.
An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.
England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.
The originality of a subject is in its treatment.
The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.