One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot

If happily, by its intelligence and attractiveness, a cabinet can gain a hold upon the great middle part of Parliament, it will continue to exist notwithstanding the hatching of small plots and the machinations of mean factions.

Maternity," it has been said, "is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion."

An Act of Parliament is at least as complex as a marriage settlement; and it is made much as a settlement would be if it were left to the vote and settled by the major part of persons concerned, including the unborn children.