Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

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.

A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

All is race; there is no other truth ,and every race must fall which carelessly suffers its blood to become mixed.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.