The great advantage of the sort of education I had was precisely that it made practically no mark upon those subjected to it.

The monarchical institution in England is immensely valuable.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

The English have this extraordianry respect for longevity. The best example of this was Queen Victoria, a most unpleasant woman who achieved a sort of public affection simply by living to be an enormous age.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me

Old politicians, like old actors, revive in the limelight. The vacancy which afflicts them in private momentarily lifts when, oncemore, they feel the eyes of an audience upon them. Their old passion for holding the centre of the stage guides their uncertain footsteps to where the footlights shine, and summons up a wintry smile when the curtain rises.

I beg you to believe that life is not a process, it's a drama