Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it.

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves.

By looking into physical causes our minds are opened and enlarged; and in this pursuit, whether we take or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service.