"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.

The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and so on, these are, in a political and economic sense, the middle class. They are for the most part unorganised and unselfconscious.

I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.

I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.

When people meet my wife they think better of me. They say: "With a wife like that, he can't be as bad as we thought".

Never take any notice of Anonymous letters, unless you get a few thousand on the same subject.

"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.