It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.

I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon.

Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness.

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.