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

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.

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

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

Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'

America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious.