When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

I grew intoxicated with my own eloquence.

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

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

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

The expected always happens

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