What Impresses Men Is Not Mind, But

An Inability To Stay Quiet Is One Of The Conspicuous Failings Of Mankind.

Civilized Ages Inherit The Human Nature Which Was Victorious In Barbarous Ages, And That Nature Is, In Many Respects, Not At All Suited To Civilized Circumstances.

A Severe Though Not Unfriendly Critic Of Our Institutions Said That The Cure For Admiring The House Of Lords Was To Go And Look At It.

No Man Has Come So Near Our Definition Of A Constitutional Statesman - The Powers Of A First-rate Man And The Creed Of A Second-rate Man.

No Great Work Has Ever Been Produced Except After A Long Interval Of Still And Musing Meditation.