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

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

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.

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

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.

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

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