Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.