Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

Man is more powerful than matter.

The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands them all. When the former is combined with tact, it is often more than a match for the latter.

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals?

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.