“In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words…”

“I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you…”

“It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest for ever.”

“Let me have the best solution worked out. Don't argue the matter. The difficulties will argue for themselves.”

“A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.”

“Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.”