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.

Nature is more powerful than education; time will develop everything.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.

London is a roost for every bird.

The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.

There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.