In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the Great Hall.

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy accidents

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

Shakespeare has had neither equal nor second.

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.

I wish I was as sure of anything as he is of everything.

The end of government is the happiness of the people.