A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.

Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.

Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.