 Duty cannot exist without faith. |
| The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world. |
| Real politics are the possession and distribution of power. |
| The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. |
| There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. |
| There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. |
| The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern. |
| We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end. |
| Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others. |
| Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. |
| When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world. |
| Never complain and never explain. |
| Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. |
| The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. |
| Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. |
| Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. |
| We moralize among ruins. |
| I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded. |
| A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. |
| Where knowledge ends, religion begins. |
