A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.

Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister.

I believe absence is a great element of charm.