To be alive at all involves some risk.
When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.
There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers
At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.