The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age |
The devil is the author of confusion |
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. |
The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance |
The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth |
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. |
The fool wonders, the wise man asks. |
The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: "Adventures are to the adventurous |
The gondola of London. |
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans. |
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. |
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. |
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own |
The greatest of all evil is the weak government. |
The greatest of all evils is a weak government |