Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

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

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.

Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Destiny is our will, and our will is nature.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.