One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.

Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising.

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

What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.

The great vice of democracy is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list of beneficiaries and removing ourselves from the list of contributors, as if somewhere there was somebody else's effort on which we could thrive.

One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year.

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