Be thorough in all you do; and remember that although ignorance often may be innocent, pretension is always despicable.
William E. GladstoneIf you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.
William E. GladstoneNothing more surely cultivates and embellishes a man than association with refined and virtuous women.
William E. GladstoneFrom the time I took office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, I began to learn that the State held, in the face of the Bank and the City, an essentially false position as to finance. The Government itself was not to be a substantive power, but was to leave the Money Power supreme and unquestioned.
William E. Gladstone