As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.

A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.

When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon.

Be thine own privy counsellor.