England does not love coalitions.

If you want to be a leader of people, you must learn to watch events.

London; a nation, not a city.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition, whether preaching, praying, speechifying or scribbling - never a gentleman.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.