The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened by hidden causes, a small accident may greatly hurt it, and a great accident for a moment may almost destroy it.

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.

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

But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers.

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.