The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

All is race - there is no other truth.

Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild - a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division of the globe. If you like, we shall divide the United States into two parts, one for you, James [Rothschild], and one for you, Lionel [Rothschild]. Napoleon will do exactly and all that I shall advise him.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.

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.

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.