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

London; a nation, not a city.

You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest.

Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.

I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed Two Nations, governed by different laws, influenced by different manners, with no thoughts or sympathies in common; with an innate inability of mutual comprehension.

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

There is moderation even in excess.