It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

The age does not believe in great men, because it does not possess any.

The Continent will not suffer England to be the workshop of the world.

Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.