I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
Genius, when young, is divine.
Silence is the mother of truth.
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
London is a modern Babylon.
Success is the child of audacity.
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.