“The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.”

“As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.”

“Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours”

“Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.”

“The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.”

“Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.”

“It has been my lot to have found myself in many distant lands. I have never been in one without finding a Scotchman, and I never found a Scotchman who was not head of the poll.”