I have lived long enough to know that the evening glow of love has its own riches and splendour.

The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.

Difficulties melt away under tact.

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.

Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.