John Morley: “The Universe never filled me with such wonder and awe as when I knew I could not account for it.”

Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.

They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.

If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.

He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.