Characters Do Not Change. Opinions Alter, But

I Am Neither A Whig Nor Tory. My Politics Are Described In One Word And That Word Is England.

How Very Seldom Do You Encounter In The World A Man Of Great Abilities, Acquirements, Experience, Who Will Unmask His Mind, Unbutton His Brains, And Pour Forth In Careless And Picturesque Phrase All The Results Of His Studies And Observation; His Knowledge Of Men, Books, And Nature. On The Contrary, If A Man Has By Any Chance An Original Idea, He Hoards It As If It Were Old Gold; And Rather Avoids The Subject With Which He Is Most Conversant, From Fear That You May Appropriate His Best Thoughts.

What Art Was To The Ancient World, Science Is To The Modern; The Distinctive Faculty. In The Minds Of Men, The Useful Has Succeeded To The Beautiful.

You Must Originate, And You Must Sympathize; Yon Must Possess, At The Same Time, The Habit Of Communicating And The Habit Of Listening. The Union Is Rather Rare, But Irresistible.

Nature, Like Man, Sometimes Weeps From Gladness.