There is no index of character so sure as the voice.
From Benjamin Disraeli
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
Silence is the mother of truth.
Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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