The right honourable gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing and walked away with their clothes. |
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. |
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. |
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. |
The secret to success is constancy to purpose. |
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. |
The spirit that does not soar is destined to grovel |
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern. |
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. |
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through quotations |
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. |
The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians |
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. |
The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity |
There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse |