The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.
It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.
I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history.
A page digested is better than a volume hurriedly read.
What society wants is a new motive, not a new cant.
The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally.