Wherever there's trouble, look for a priest.

A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

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.

An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.