There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.

I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.

Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.