The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days. Clement Attlee
The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. Tony Benn
…the House of Lords, that hospital of incurables. Lord Chesterfield
I am dead: dead, but in the Elysian fields. Benjamin Disraeli (on being elevated to the House of Lords)
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both. Benjamin Disraeli
The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it. Walter Bagehot