The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause..

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost..

More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce..

The world is ruled by other people, than people believe to know..

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and ….

Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical..

England does not love coalitions..

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent..

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

The unfortunate are always egotistical..

To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods..

The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled..

England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that….

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth..

I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last..

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius..

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

Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own..

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular..

All is race - there is no other truth..

Why, I say, that to tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection; it is plunder, and I entirely disclaim it; but I ask you to pro….