The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little.

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

The Orientals have another word for accident; it is "kismet,"--fate.

Man is so inconsistent a creature that it is impossible to reason from his beliefs to his conduct, or from one part of his belief to another.

To be a really good historian is perhaps the rarest of intellectual distinctions.

More sinners are cursed at not because we despise their sins but because we envy their success at sinning.

War is never lenient but where it is wanton; where men are compelled to fight in self-defence, they must hate and avenge. This may be bad, but it is human nature; it is the clay as it came from the hands of the Potter.