Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Nothing is easier than to teach historical method, but, when learned, it has little use.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail.

As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman.

The tourist was the great conservative who hated novelty and adored dirt.

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one of the greatest curses that can afflict a people