"The human mind is a mirror, but an uneven one, and it distorts the rays of things by its own nature."

"The contemplation of things as they are, without superstition or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention."

"Imperial expansion is preferable to civil war, and that Britain is faced with something of a binary choice."

"The less you say, the more you are listened to."

"In order to stir up others, I have myself been obliged to become a wanderer."