Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'

Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works.

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The only way to atone for being occasionally overdressed is to be massively overeducated.