The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

I am highly susceptible to the force of all truly religious music, especially to the music of my own church, the church of Shelley, Michelangelo, and Beethoven.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

It is doubtless wise, when a reform is introduced, to try to persuade the British public that it is not a reform at all; but appearances must be kept up to some extent at least.

There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable.

The most intolerable pain is produced by prolonging the keenest pleasure.

Give women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors.