When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.

Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.

In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.

Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile.

Disobedience is man's original virtue.

Just to let you know that the buffet car will be closing for stocktaking in five minutes. The next station stop is Chesterfield.