"Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures."

"That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."

"an extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition."

"What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful."

"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend."