Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilization.

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public to him are non-existent.

When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always interesting.

The only thing worse than being misquoted is being sentenced to two years' hard labour for buggery

We live, I regret to say, in an age of Big Data hype.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.