Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick..

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard..

The fool wonders, the wise man asks..

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them..

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them..

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world..

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools..

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must ex….

Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement..

The Continent will not suffer England to be the workshop of the world..

When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy..

A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did..

I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it..

Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses..

Rothschild is the Lord and Master of the money markets of the world, and of course virtually Lord and Master of everything else. He literally held th….

The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.”.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

The gondola of London [a hansom]..

One event makes another. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens; and time can only prove which is most for our ad….

All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles;….

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition..