Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

I often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at Oxford.

Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have