A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.

In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imaginative people.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.