These days, people tell me things without even speaking.
Sometimes death is a kindness.
Please don’t listen to my sister’s opinions of me. They are always hopeful. Therefore they are always wrong.[to Ben]
People are loyal to those who pay their wages.
Oh, well. No need to worry. I’m no gentleman.[Michael Levitt: Whereas before it would have been seen as ungentlemanly to, er, to ask a public figure questions about personal matters or business affairs…]
I will continue until I find a man that I can’t defeat.
Fortune drops something valuable into your lap, you don’t just dump it on the bank of the cut.
For those who make the rules, there are no rules.
You strike when your enemy is weak.
Sweetheart, whatever you’ve heard, I don’t need to make threats.[to Jessie]
In pubs sometimes people say things and sometimes it’s the whisky talking. It’s hard to tell which is which.
Five for peace, two for truce, one abstention. Let’s get on with the war.