The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.

It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

There is moderation even in excess.

I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible.