I have never admired him so much before. He is finer than even I thought him. [To Sir Robert Chiltern.] You will go and write your letter to the Prime Minister now, won’t you? Don’t hesitate about it, Robert.
You have got what we want so much in political life nowadays—high character, high moral tone, high principles. [To Lord Goring.] Everything that you have not got, sir, and never will have.