It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The railways, instead of enabling Londoners to live in the country have turned the countryside into a city.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.

Short accounts make long friends.

Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.