One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced; he should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.

There are some points on which no man can be contented to follow the advice of another - some subjects on which a man can consult his own conscience only.

No living orator would convince a grocer that coffee should be sold without chicory; and no amount of eloquence will make an English lawyer think that loyalty to truth should come before loyalty to his client.

For there is no folly so great as keeping one's sorrows hidden.

I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.

Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.

But the hobbledehoy, though he blushes when women address him, and is uneasy even when he is near them, though he is not master ofhis limbs in a ball-room, and is hardly master of his tongue at any time, is the most eloquent of beings, and especially eloquent among beautiful women.