All the great things have been done by little nations. It is the Jordan and the Ilyssus which have civilized the modern races.

Tobacco is the tomb of love.

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing. Christianity is incomprehensible without Judaism, as Judaism is incomplete without Christianity.

Let me see property acknowledging as in the old days of faith, that labor is his twin brother.

If you wish to be great, you must give men new ideas, you must teach them new words, you must modify their manners, you must change their laws, you must root out prejudices, subvert convictions. Greatness no longer depends on rentals: the world is too rich; nor on pedigrees: the world is too knowing.

A dark horse, which had never been thought of, and which the careless St James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.

In England when a new character appears in our circles, the first question always is, “Who is he?” In France it is, “What is he?” In England, “How much a year?” In France, “What has he done?”

A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.

To be a great lawyer, I must give up my chance of being a great man.

The microcosm of a public school.