The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.

Stupidity is nature's favorite resource for preserving consistency of opinion.

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.

Credit means that a certain confidence is given, and a certain trust reposed. Is that trust justified? And is that confidence wise? These are the cardinal questions. To put it more simply credit is a set of promises to pay; will those promises be kept?

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.