A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

Difficulties melt away under tact.

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

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.

Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.