Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

A man must choose his own way of life, and…it is only by following out one’s own bent that there can be the really harmonious life.” [In an interview conducted by Bram Stoker]

There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance of the regular forms by which the guilt or innocence of accused persons is determined.

If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.