The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Never apologize for showing feeling...When you do so, you apologize for truth.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

We are all born for love...It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Speech of 1870-06-24

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists Letter to Mrs. Sarah Brydges Willyams (1863-10-17)

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action. Agricultural Distress, speech in the House of Commons (1851-02-11)

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.

Amusement to an observing mind is study.

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.