You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually going on. First, there was nothing, then there was something; then-I forget the next-I think there were shells, then fishes; then we came-let me see-did we come next? Never mind that; we came at last. And at the next change there will be something very superior to us-something with wings. Ah! That's it: we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows.

Tobacco is the tomb of love.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

In politics experiments means revolutions.

Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.