When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

There is no education like adversity.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

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.

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

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

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.