The indulgence in grief is a blunder.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

Life is too short to be little.

All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character or illustrates an existence.

It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is - the determination to maintain the Empire of England.

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.

Life is too short to be little. You must enlarge your imagination and then act on it.