Travel teaches toleration.

The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.

It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is - the determination to maintain the Empire of England.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear.