Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.

Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

The care of the public health is the first duty of the statesman.

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.