The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible.

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.

There are few positions less inspiriting than those of a discomfited party.