I love little children too but I don't cut off their heads and stick them in vases.

I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.

If the English can survive their food, they can survive anything.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.