Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Lady Lytton rules her husband, but that I suppose is always the case where marriages are what is called 'happy'.

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.

You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

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

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.