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

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

Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.

Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition, whether preaching, praying, speechifying or scribbling - never a gentleman.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

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