The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

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.

There is no waste of time like making excuses.

The essence of education is the education of the body.