Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.

As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

In my youth,geology was nervously striving to accommodate itself to Genesis. Now it is Genesis that is striving to accommodate itself to geology.

Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.

The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.