Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'

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.

Effectiveness of assertion is the alpha and omega of style.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.