The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
Never take anything for granted.
Great countries are those that produce great people.
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
London is a roost for every bird.
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
