No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

The best security for people's doing their duty is that they should not know anything else to do.

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.

The maxim of science is simply that of common sense-simple cases first; begin with seeing how the main force acts when there is as little as possible to impede it, and when you thoroughly comprehend that, add to it in succession the separate effects of each of the incumbering and interfering agencies.

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.