“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”

We moralize among ruins.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

London is a roost for every bird.

Never complain and never explain.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.

We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.

Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.

Men are fools to invest in real estate.

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.

But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots.

Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.

Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.