“My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.”
“Youth is a blunder, manhood is a struggle and old age a regret.”
“A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.”
“The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.”
“Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.”
“A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.”
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
“A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.”
“Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.”
“I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.”
“There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.”
“Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.”
“To be conscience that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.”
“When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.”
“Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the People.”
“A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.”
“Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.”
“Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.”
“Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.”
“It destroys one's nerve to be amiable every day to the same human being.”
“No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.”
“What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.”
“When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.”
“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.”
“Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.”
“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so you apologize for truth.”
“We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.”
“The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.”
“Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own.”
“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.”