Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.

The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription, some of them fortified by muniments, but all of them the fruit and experience of an ancient and illustrious people.

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

Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.

I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility.

Never complain and never explain.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.