In the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past.

What a sense of security in an old book which Time has criticized for us!

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

Most religion-mongers have bated their paradises with a bit of toasted cheese. They have tempted the body with large promises of possessions in their transmortal El Dorado. Sancho Panza will not quit his chimney-corner, but under promise of imaginary islands to govern.

The ultimate result of protecting fools from their folly is to fill the planet full of fools.

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.