Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

I have a great confidence in the revelations which holidays bring forth.

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

He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.

I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister.

Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.