Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.
Action is limited and relative. Unlimited and absolute is the vision of him who sits at ease and watches, who walks in loneliness and dreams.
The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.
You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.