No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse

I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Small things affects small minds.