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

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

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world have a chance for it.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

What we opprobriously call stupidity, though not an enlivening quality in common society, is nature's favorite resource for preserving steadiness of conduct and consistency of opinion.