A majority is always better than the best repartee.
I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon.
A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.