"There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour"
"There is moderation even in excess"
"When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world"
"What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens"
"What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth"
"We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets"
"We moralize among ruins"
"Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius"
"Despair is the conclusion of fools"
"Damn your principles! Stick to your party"
"Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke"
"Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future"
"William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect"
