King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.

Difficulties melt away under tact.

Genius, when young, is divine.

If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.