Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass conflicts of which till then there was record.

That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.

I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial.

Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward

The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.

We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests.

The rest and the spell of sleep in the middle of the day refresh the human frame far more than a long night. We were not made by Nature to work, or even to play, from eight o'clock in the morning till midnight. We throw a strain upon our system which is unfair and improvident. For every purpose of business or pleasure, mental or physical, we ought to break our days and our marches into two.