Human beings are of two classes: those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and those whose work and pleasure are one.

Well, dinner would have been splendid... if the wine had been as cold as the soup, the beef as rare as the service, the brandy as old as the fish, and the maid as willing as the Duchess.

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.

There is no purpose in living where there is nothing to do.

Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.