There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

We are taught words, not ideas.