He traces the steam train always back to the kettle. (On Robert Peel)
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
The right honorable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a poker gives off the occasional signs of warmth. (On Robert Peel)
He has to learn that petulance is no sarcasm, and that insolence is not invective. (On Charles Wood)
He is a great master of gibes and flouts and jeers. (On Lord Salisbury)
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity? If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, it would be a calamity. (on William Gladstone)
Inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination. (On William Gladstone)
He has not one single redeeming defect. (On William Gladstone)
As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
I feel a very unusual sensation – if it’s not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.
Mr. Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea, – and that was wrong.
