No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.

In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imaginative people.

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.

Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.

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

The depositary of power is always unpopular.