Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

London; a nation, not a city.

There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.