As a rule, man is a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool; When its cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting, what is not.
The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.
The greatest of all evils is a weak government
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.