Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

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

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.