You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually going on. First, there was nothing, then there was something; then-I forget the next-I think there were shells, then fishes; then we came-let me see-did we come next? Never mind that; we came at last. And at the next change there will be something very superior to us-something with wings. Ah! That's it: we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows.

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

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

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.

Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.

A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.