He who gains time gains everything.

In the hands of a genius, engineering turns to magic, philosophy becomes poetry, and science pure imagination.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.

Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our own minds.