You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

The more you are talked about, the less powerful you are

Talk to people about themselves, talk to people about themselcs and they will listen for hours

The Continent will not suffer England to be the workshop of the world.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.