“There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.”

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

There is moderation even in excess.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.

Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.

I don’t take no dive for nobody. Whaddya think I am, a tanker!

Sometimes it is good to fall down so that we can see whether we honourably get up or disgracefully turn into a miserable reptile!

Whenever you find a good idea, search for the owner to honour him!

An honourable public and a dishonourable dictator cannot live together; at the end, the latter goes!

Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.

As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.