A canter is the cure for all evil.

The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.

Little things affect little minds.

The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

Some will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only read new books, as if some valuable truths are not among the old. Some will not read a book because they know the author: others . . . would also read the man.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.