One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.

He who gains time gains everything.

The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.

When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.