[on Austen Chamberlain:] He Is More Loyal

Lloyd George? There Is No Lloyd George. There Is A Marvellous Brain; But If You Were To Shut Him In A Room And Look Through The Keyhole There Would Be Nobody There.

His Modesty Amounts To Deformity.

To Marry A Man Out Of Pity Is Folly; And, If You Think You Are Going To Influence The Kind Of Fellow Who Has Never Had A Chance, Poor Devil, You Are Profoundly Mistaken. One Can Only Influence The Strong Characters In Life, Not The Weak; And It Is The Height Of Vanity To Suppose That You Can Make An Honest Man Of Anyone.

The Announcement That You Are Going To Tell A Good Story (and The Chuckle That Precedes It) Is Always A Dangerous Opening.

He's Very Clever, But Sometimes His Brains Go To His Head.