Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly.

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

Your heart and your mouth wil be in two separate parts of your body if you again forget in whose presence you stand.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.

I have studied him - the wonderful man - and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ he must be called the saviour of humanity.

When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I feed the most."