Popular privileges are consistent with a state of society in which there is great inequality of position. Democratic rights, on the contrary, demand ….

A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience..

Though I sit down now, the time will come whenyou will hear me..

Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels..

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect..

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house..

I think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children..

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise..

Never take anything for granted..

We make our own fortune and call it destiny..

I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the g….

As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South America. You….

There is no index of character so sure as the voice..

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory..

Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man..

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

Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time..

In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imagina….

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

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure..

Assassination has never changed the history of the world..