A man's fate is his own temper.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

You will in due season find your property is less valuable, and your freedom less complete.

A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.

No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.