To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later I told her she ought to marry me. She thought I was as mad as a rat. She wouldn't even give me her telephone number - and she wrote in her diary: "A funny little man asked me to marry him."

Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

There are many nations that have perfected a particular room. You know, you have the French drawing-room, the Austrian ball room, the German dining room, and I think the library is a room the English get right.