For nearly five years the present Ministers have harassed every trade, worried every profession, and assailed or menaced every class, institution, and species of property in the country. Occasionally they have varied this state of civil warfare by perpetrating some job which outraged public opinion, or by stumbling into mistakes which have been always discreditable, and sometimes ruinous. All this they call a policy, and seem quite proud of it; but the country has, I think, made up its mind to close this career of plundering and blundering.

Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.

Small things affects small minds.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist.

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

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.