Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Her Majesty is not a subject.

A nation has a fixed quantity of invention, and it will make itself felt.

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.