There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food

The reward of history is that it releases and relieves us from present strife.

A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom

There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.