"If Mr. Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that would be a calamity."

"The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right."

"All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people, all springs, and all must end."

"The age of chivalry is past. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever."

"The greatest of all evils is a weak government."