"The English people are, on the whole, a very good-natured people, but they are also a very obstinate people."

"The universe makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid."

"The Radicals are a set of men who would pull down everything, and build up nothing."

"He was a man who had seen the world, and knew what was what."

"I am convinced that nothing has effectually suffered in the world but for want of money."