With an artist no sane man quarrels, any more than with the colour of a child's eyes.
Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim.
Fortunes are made by buying low and selling too soon.
Never allow yourself to get caught without a loose million handy.
Truth, like all other good things, may be loved unwisely may be pursued too keenly may cost too much.
He [John Hampden] knew that the essence of war is violence, and that moderation in war is imbecility.
History, at least in its ideal state of perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy.
I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body.
Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching.
The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.
We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.