Why should I align myself with either party when I don’t have the right to vote?
We don’t have a choice in the matter. We must go where history takes us.[to Mr. McAllister]
To act on impulse is to make oneself a hostage to ridicule.
These people. You shut the door, they come in the window. You shut the window, they come down the chimney. They never give up.
Revolutions are launched by clever people with strong views and excess energy.
Persistence is the key to everything. Patience and persistence.
Once people learn that my second offer is invariably my last, they won’t, as a rule, refuse me. Over the years, I expect to save a lot more money than I am spending now.[Mr. Thorburn]
Never overestimate your own power. It’s always a mistake.[to Marian]
Never break your own moral code, for that is the soundest guide any of us can have.[to Marian]
If you’re going to do a thing, you might as well do it properly.
I may be a bastard, but you are a fool, and of the two, I think I know which I prefer.[Mr. Thorburn]
I like to do the right thing. If I don’t lose any money by it.
