Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel..

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet..

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes..

The unfortunate are always egotistical..

Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation..

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth..

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter..

As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it..

The depositary of power is always unpopular..

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent..

The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause..

I am the blank page between the Old and the New Testament..

Meditation is culture..

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven..

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and ….

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation..

Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own..

Why, I say, that to tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection; it is plunder, and I entirely disclaim it; but I ask you to pro….

Silence is the mother of truth..

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic..

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar..