Politics are not an instrument for effecting social change; they are the art of making the inevitable appear to be a matter of wise human choice.

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.

In New York, I find people so courteous and so generous. Free drinks in bars. Free taxi rides.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

Believe in fate, but lean forward where fate can see you.

I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And then I can't think what came over me, but I did this or that or the other.' I nearly always know how I will act and I nearly always act in that way. I don't catch myself out in embarrassing situations because I've acted without forethought. I calculate what I will do.

The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it