Great and terrible systems of divinity and philosophy lie round about us, which, if true, might drive a wise man mad.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

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.

It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.

Life is not a set campaign, but an irregular work, and the main forces in it are not overt resolutions, but latent and half-involuntary promptings.

When great questions end, little parties begin.

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards