The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

I never spend my time doing anything I'll have to do again tomorrow.

Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind.

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Europeans are quarrelsome.

You don't have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.