A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

It is a waste of time to dissipate one's moral zeal in disapproving of royal persons who have mistresses.

I think of the author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, 'I will tell you a story' and then he passes the hat.

Money, it is often said, does not bring happiness; it must be added, however, that it makes it possible to support unhappiness with exemplary fortitude.

In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains and certain aspects of our system pertain to it which are not dependent on any political party. In this sense, the Crown is the consecrated spirit of Canada.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.