It takes character to withstand the rigours of indolence.

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power.

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought.

The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work.

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.