Walter Bagehot: “Neither George I., nor George II., nor William IV. were patterns of family merit; George IV. was a model of family…”

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.

The whole history of civilisation, is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

The Parliament, the laws, the press were human institutions; but the Monarchy was a Divine institution.

Nothing promotes intellect like intellectual discussion, and nothing promotes intellectual discussion so much as government by discussion.