Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.

If people are dishonest once, they will be dishonest a second time. And honest people should keep away from them. (Lady Chiltern)

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.

It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.

The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.