England does not love coalitions.
The English nation is never so great as in adversity.
To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.
Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our own minds.
Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.
The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.