One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.

Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.