"The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools."

"I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility."

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

"I have never been bored in my life, though I have often been boring."

"The right hon. Gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal position, and he is himself a strict conservative of thei…"