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

The purse strings tie us to our kind.

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

We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us. We all come down to dinner, but each has a room to himself.

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.

All people are most credulous when they are most happy.

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply. But it does not look as if it did.