“There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.”
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.