To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career.

I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

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.

Silence is the mother of truth.

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.

Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.