We moralize among ruins.

The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription, some of them fortified by muniments, but all of them the fruit and experience of an ancient and illustrious people.

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.

There is no waste of time like making excuses.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career.