An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. On the due digestion of the former depend the strength and wisdom of the one, just as vigor and health depend on the other. The wisest in council, the ablest in debate, and the most agreeable companion in the commerce of human life, is that man who has assimilated to his understanding the greatest number of facts.

No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.

Futurity is the great concern of mankind.

The people of England well know that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation and a sure principle of transmission, without at all excluding a principle of improvement.

Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.

The method of teaching which approaches most nearly to the method of investigation is incomparably the best.