Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.
Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.
Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modern times!