I am a Tory anarchist. I should like everyone to go about doing just as he pleased - short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed.

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.

People are either born hosts or born guests.

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.