Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
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Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
Private information is practically the source of every large, modern fortune.
The two weak points in our age are its want of principle and its want of profile.
There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new.
Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.
To be modern is the only thing worth being nowadays.
Being understading is the same as being uncover.
Having had a good upbringing nowadays is a great disadvantage as it excludes you from so many things.