Today, people often make the American mistake of confusing acquaintances with friends. The former are there to share life's pleasures; only the latter should be invited to share one's problems.

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.

In spring they lie flat at the first warmth, they ruin my summer and in autumn they smell of women.

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

Life has gone by as if I never lived

Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive

I think that peacekeeping can do quite a lot, if they are given the right mandate with the commensurate resources to get the job done.

Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the other one's culture, Ignorance swoops down like a vulture.

I've never regretted I was born too soon. I'm proud to be a child of the twentieth century. I'm satisfied to join its ranks on our side and fight for a new world.

Men and the world are mutually toxic to each other.

Do not let anyone stop you from succeding