History without politics descends to mere Literature.

Life may not be beautiful, but it is interesting.

No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.

Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical politics.

A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one golden principle of rhetoric not put down in the books-to understand what you are talking about.

History without politics descends to mere Literature.

History is the school of statesmanship.