The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.

If you wish to be popular in society consent to be taught many things you already know.

It is not an event; it is a piece of news.

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.

What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed.

There are many people who have the gift, or failing, of never understanding themselves. I have been unlucky enough, or perhaps fortunate enough to have received the opposite gift.