If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.

Man is more powerful than matter.

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man