London; a nation, not a city.

Some will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only read new books, as if some valuable truths are not among the old. Some will not read a book because they know the author: others . . . would also read the man.

Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

With words we govern men.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.