William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Quotes
Be not over solicitous about education. It may be able to do much, but it does not do as much as expected from it. It may mould and direct the character, but it rarely alters it.
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
It doesn't matter what we say , so long as we all say the same thing.
It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.
While I cannot be regarded as a pillar, I must be regarded as a buttress of the church, because I support it from outside.
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.
