Walter Bagehot: “A monarch that can be truly reverenced, a House of Peers that can be really respected, are historical accidents nearly…”

Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.

But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.

The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.

I do not think I put this too high when I say that a most important if not the most important object of early legislation was the enforcement of LUCKY rites.