There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.

Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.

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.