A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.
A precedent embalms a principle.
One event makes another. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens; and time can only prove which is most for our advantage.
There is no diplomacy like silence.
England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.