I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible.
Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.
There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.
No enemy is indeed so terrible as a man of genius.
A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.
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.