Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has… - William Cobbett

When, from the top of any high hill, one looks round the country, and sees the multitude of regularly distributed spires, one not only ceases to wonder that order and religion are maintained, but one is astonished that any such thing as disaffection or irreligion should prevail.

I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects.... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that [my children] should be bred up in it too.

After this, who will say that an Englishman ought not to despise “all the nations of Europe?” For my part I do, and that most “heartily.”