Despair is the conclusion of fools.
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.
A majority is always better than the best repartee.
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.