English "economist, editor, critic, analyst".
"He founded and edited "The Economist" 1860-77; wrote "English Constitution," 1867."
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
"Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits."
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
"Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders."
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.