The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should consider the speeches of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus, as pre-eminent specimens of logic, taste, and that sententious brevity which, using not a word to spare, leaves not a moment for inattention to the hearer. Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.

Of publishing a book on religion, my dear sir, I never had an idea. I should as soon think of writing for the reformation of Bedlam, as of the world of religious sects. Of these there must be, at least, ten thousand, every individual of every one of which believes all wrong but his own.

The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles.

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.

I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet.

We sometimes from dreams pick up some hint worth improving by reflection.