The tendencies of the times favor the idea of self-government, and leave the individual, for all code, to the rewards and penalties of his own constitution, which work with more energy than we believe, whilst we depend on artificial restraints.

How much finer things are in composition than alone.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made, that we exist

Wherever snow falls, or water flows, or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds, or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love, there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldest walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble.

The proof of a high education is the ability to speak about complex matters as simply as possible.

Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

The secret of success lies never in the amount of money, but in the relation of income to outgo.