Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.
That fatal drollery called a representative government.
Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally create ourselves.
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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.
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.
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.
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.
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...
Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.
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...
What is earnest is not always true on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it even if bad to a classic.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.