Extreme views are never just; something always turns up which disturbs the calculations formed upon their data.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

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

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.