A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.

It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.

Life is not a set campaign, but an irregular work, and the main forces in it are not overt resolutions, but latent and half-involuntary promptings.

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

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.