John Morley: “I do not mean so much this or that measure, as the principle on which it is to rest.”

Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.

If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.

Fitness is henceforth to be the criterion of eligibility.

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.