It is the lot of man to suffer. |
It is well known what a middle man is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other |
It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the mule of politics that engenders nothing |
It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination. |
Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist |
Justice is truth in action. |
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. |
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. |
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. |
Life is too short to be small. |
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. |
Little things affect little minds |
London is a modern Babylon. |
London is a roost for every bird. |
Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace - but a peace I hope with honour. |