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

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our experience expands, and models multiply, love and admiration imperceptibly vanish.

A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.