“The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.”
“I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?”
“Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.”
“The secret of success is consistency of purpose.”
“Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.”
“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”
“A majority is always better than the best repartee.”
“The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.”
“Great countries are those that produce great people.”
“There can be economy only where there is efficiency.”
“There is no index of character so sure as the voice.”
“It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.”
“The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.”
“A Conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.”
“Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.”
“Plagiarists at least have the quality of preservation.”
“If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.”
“Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions.”
“Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.”
“Critics are those who have failed in literature and art.”
“The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.”
“Assassination has never changed the history of the world.”
“Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.”
“Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.”
“What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.”
“Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.”
“The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.”
“The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.”
“The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.”
“Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.”