When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.

It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is - the determination to maintain the Empire of England.

The originality of a subject is in its treatment.

A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.