Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.
I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.