The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate.

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.

The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.

In politics experiments means revolutions.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.

A canter is the cure for all evil.