I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Whatever be the calling name the emotion and love hidden in it is same

The key, I suppose, has less to do with insight than with willingness, the former being relatively useless without the latter.

This whole force is utterly demoralized by victory. There seems to be neither head nor tail.

A man blessed with a good mamma and a good wife has no right to complain about anything else.

Your whole life is ahead of you. Don't you ever forget that.

I think one's musical life should be free and open to new experience in order to keep expanding your mind and horizons.

The literary interview won't tell you what a writer is like. Far more compellingly to some, it will tell you what a writer is like to interview.

LADY BRACKNELL: Do you smoke? JACK: Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. LADY BRACKNELL: I'm glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind.

I like that kind of frantic schedule. It makes me feel like I have a purpose.

As I grew older - and even when I was younger - it had puzzled me why I continued and continue to be heterosexual.