“Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.”

“The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.”

“As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.”

“A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.'That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”

“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”

“I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?”

“But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.”