I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.

The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.”

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea; for ideas exist forever.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.