"One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that yo…"

"Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise t…"

"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who …"

"Lloyd George? There is no Lloyd George. There is a marvellous brain; but if you were to shut him in a room and look t…"

"He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head."

"He couldn't see a belt without hitting below it."

"My dear old friend King George V told me he would never have died but for that vile doctor, Lord Dawson of Penn."

"The t is silent, as in Harlow."

"You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius...."

"Kitchener, a great man or a great poster?"