The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end..

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him o….

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man..

The secret of success is constancy to purpose..

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment..

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose..

Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the c….

The question is this - Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence these new fang….

Great men never require experience..

No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language..

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy..

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes..

There is no wisdom like frankness..

I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England..

Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished..

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning..

Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modern times!.

Every moment is travel - if understood..

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension..

Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability..

Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself..