Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

The East is a career.

All power is a trust.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.

Mr Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea,—and that was wrong.

‘Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws.’ ‘You speak of—’ said Egremont, hesitatingly, ‘ THE RICH AND THE POOR. ’

You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art.

As for our majority … one is enough.

‘Sensible men are all of the same religion.’ ‘And pray what is that?’ … ‘Sensible men never tell.’

His Christianity was muscular.