Man is a hating rather than a loving animal.

For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

Getting a divorce is nearly always as cheerful and useful an occupation as breaking valuable china.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

I really write to find out what I know about something and what is to be known about something.

All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life.