“Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.”
“No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.”
“He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.”
“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”
“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”
“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.”
“When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.”
“Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.”
“Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.”
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”
“You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest.”
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
“Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.”
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
“As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.”
“To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.”
“Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.”
“What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.”
“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.”
“There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.”
“Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.”
“It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.”
“Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.”
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”
“An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.”
“Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.”
“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.”
“The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.”
“Frank and explicit--that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.”
“Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.”