I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed Two Nations, governed by different laws, influenced by different manners, with no thoughts or sympathies in common; with an innate inability of mutual comprehension.

What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

It is the lot of man to suffer.

Christianity teaches us to love our neighbor as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbor.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Popular privileges are consistent with a state of society in which there is great inequality of position. Democratic rights, on the contrary, demand that there should be equality of condition as the fundamental basis of the society they regulate.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.