Occupation: Former Leader Of The House Of Commons Birth: December 21, 1804 Death: April 19, 1881
There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost..
The world is ruled by other people, than people believe to know..
All is race - there is no other truth..
It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of indiv….
Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life..
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….
I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last..
There are few young women in existence who have not the power of fascinating, if they choose to exert it..
The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal ….
You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest..
The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth..
Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society..
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes..
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth..
Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty..
Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures..
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend..
Protection is not a principle but an expedient.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation..
As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life..
Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical..