It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being not men, but measures, that I am determined to support. In a monarchy it is the duty of parliament to look at the men as well as at the measures.

The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array...

Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage, - a personage less imposing in the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array...

A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it for himself.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.

Make sobriety a habit, and intemperance will be hateful; make prudence a habit, and reckless profligacy will be as contrary to the nature of the child, grown or adult, as the most atrocious crimes, are to any of us.