"Power has only one duty—to secure the social welfare of the PEOPLE."

"A public man of light and leading."

"Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing."

"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."

"Frank and explicit; that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of…"

"That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous People, is my Praye…"

"I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine."

"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life."

"The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost s…"

"To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge."