Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

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

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.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.