The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll.

There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.

The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.