O Lord! I don't know which is the worst of the country, the walking or the sitting at home with nothing to do.

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.

If you lived in London, where the whole system is one of false good-fellowship, and you may know a man for twenty years without finding out that he hates you like poison, you would soon have your eyes opened. There we do unkind things in a kind way: we say bitter things in a sweet voice: we always give our friends chloroform when we tear them to pieces.

The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price on the right to live in it

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

Nothing makes a man so selfish as work.