The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

There is no gambling like politics.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.

The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription, some of them fortified by muniments, but all of them the fruit and experience of an ancient and illustrious people.

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!