He who gains time gains everything. - Benjamin Disraeli

[A] danger, in its ultimate results scarcely less disastrous than pestilence and famine...distracts that country [Ireland]. A portion of its population is attempting to sever the constitutional tie which unites it to Great Britain in that bond which has favoured the power and prosperity of both. It is to be hoped that all men of light and leading will resist this destructive doctrine. The strength of this nation depends on the unity of feeling which should pervade the United Kingdom and its widespread dependencies.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.

When a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire.