People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.

Rothschild is the lord and master of the money markerts of the world and virtually lord and master of everything else.

The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.

The care of the public health is the first duty of the statesman.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.