Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition, whether preaching, praying, speechifying or scribbling - never a gentleman.
Benjamin DisraeliNine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
Benjamin Disraeli