It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern.

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

A few more years will destroy whatever yet remains of that magical potency which once belonged to the name of Byron.

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.

The effective strength of sects is not to be ascertained merely by counting heads.

The great cause of revolutions is this, that while nations move onward, constitutions stand still.

The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.