What Impresses Men Is Not Mind, But

The Characteristic Danger Of Great Nations, Like The Romans Or The English Which Have A Long History Of Continuous Creation, Is That They May At Last Fail From Not Comprehending The Great Institutions Which They Have Created

An Ambassador Is Not Simply An Agent; He Is Also A Spectacle.

The Best History Is But Like The Art Of Rembrandt; It Casts A Vivid Light On Certain Selected Causes, On Those Which Were Best And Greatest; It Leaves All The Rest In Shadow And Unseen.

The Cardinal Maxim Is, That Any Aid To A Present Bad Bank Is The Surest Mode Of Preventing The Establishment Of A Future Good Bank.

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.