Metternich told lies all the time, and never deceived any one; Talleyrand never told a lie and deceived the whole world. - Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds. For the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.

No Hindoo, who has received an English education, ever remains sincerely attached to his religion. Some continue to profess it as matter of policy; but many profess themselves pure Deists, and some embrace Christianity. It is my firm belief that, if our plans of education are followed up, there will not be a single idolator among the respectable classes in Bengal thirty years hence. And this will be effected without any efforts to proselytise; without the smallest interference with religious liberty; merely by the natural operation of knowledge and reflection. I heartily rejoice in the prospect.'"