It is the lot of man to suffer; it is also his fortune to forget. Oblivion and sorrow share our being, as darkness and light divide the course of time.
Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.
We are now in want of an art to teach how books are to be read rather than to read them. Such an art is practicable.
Religion is civilization, the highest.
Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.
I believe absence is a great element of charm.
The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.
Information upon points of practical politics.
I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon.
Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself.
All must respect those who respect themselves.
I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.
No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.
There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.
Popular privileges are consistent with a state of society in which there is great inequality of position. Democratic rights, on the contrary, demand that there should be equality of condition as the fundamental basis of the society they regulate.
The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.
As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.
Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient.
Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.
Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.