What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.

Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.

Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites.

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.

Never complain and never explain.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.