Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition, whether preaching, praying, speechifying or scribbling - never a gentleman.

The essence of education is the education of the body.

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

The canter is a cure for every evil.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.

Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.