No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed of a second-rate man.

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

Money is economic power.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

Every banker knows that if he has to prove that he is worthy of credit, however good may be his arguments, in fact his credit is gone: but what we have requires no proof.

The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.