Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all.

Life is too short to be taken seriously.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

I'll bet you anything you like that half an hour after they have met, they will be calling each other sister. Women only do that when they have called each other a lot of other things first.

Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the morning and Shame sits with us at night.

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.