The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.

The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.

There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.