The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.