I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.”

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.

Amusement to an observing mind is study.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.