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

Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

An author can have nothing truly his own but his style.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.