A person's fate is their own temper.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.

Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.