The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.

You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.

Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.

As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South America. You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes.

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.

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