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.

All is race - there is no other truth.

The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate.

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.

A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.