"The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps."

"At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists."

"I look upon the Whigs as an anti-national party... Believing that the policy of the party was such as must destroy the honour of the kingdom abroad and the happiness of the people at home, I considere…"

"I am a gentleman. I live in a world of gentlemen."

"Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others."