There is scarcely any popular tenet more erroneous than that which holds that when time is slow, life is dull.

I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility.

Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.

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

It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.

If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.