He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.

Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.

We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.

People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.