Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites.

In politics experiments means revolutions.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

There is a thread in our thoughts as there is a pulse in our feelings; he who can hold the one knows how to think, and he who can move the other knows how to feel.