Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
Yes I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentlemen were brutal savages in an unknown land mine were priests in the Temple of Solomon.
The secret to success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Luck is what a capricious man believes in.
Frank and explicit - this is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the mind of others.
Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
Propriety of manners and consideration for others are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
Youth is the trustee of prosperity.
A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
The secret to success is constancy of purpose.
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of...