Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.

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.

We are sick of war, we don't want to fight, And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead.

Poverty blights whole cities; spreads horrible pestilences; strikes dead the very souls of all who come within sight, sound, or smell of it

Money enables us to get what we want instead of what other people think we want.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing.