There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable for in politics there is no honour.

• Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
• The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
• If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.
• You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
• One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
• Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
• Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
• The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
• The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
• Success is the child of audacity.