You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually going on. First, there was nothing, then there was something; then-I forget the next-I think there were shells, then fishes; then we came-let me see-did we come next? Never mind that; we came at last. And at the next change there will be something very superior to us-something with wings. Ah! That's it: we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows.

No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.

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

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

The Continent will not suffer England to be the workshop of the world.