The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

The highest eulogy which can be pronounced on the Revolution of 1688 is this that this was our last Revolution.

He had done that which could never be forgiven; he was in the grasp of one who never forgave.

The opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who assume a right to criticize.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

We are free, we are civilised, to little purpose, if we grudge to any portion of the human race an equal measure of freedom and civilisation.

It may be laid as an universal rule that a government which attempts more than it ought will perform less.