"Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action."

"Do not read history. Read biography for it is life without theory."

"The Conservative Party is a party of great principles, of great traditions, a party that has ever been associated with the glory and the greatness of England."

"The noble lord is the Prince Rupert of parliamentary discussion: his charge is resistless, but when he returns from the pursuit he always finds his camp in the possession of the enemy."

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