In perseverance, in self command, in forethought, in all virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

If any person had told the Parliament which met in terror and perplexity after the crash of 1720 that in 1830 the wealth of England would surpass all their wildest dreams, that the annual revenue would equal the principal of that debt which they considered an intolerable burden, that for one man of

People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

Queen Mary had a way of interrupting tattle about elopements, duels, and play debts, by asking the tattlers, very quietly yet significantly, whether they had ever read her favorite sermon--Dr. Tillotson on Evil Speaking.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good.