It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

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A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will...

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will...

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in...

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted...

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted...

Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate...

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate...

What is there that money will not do?

What is there that money will not do?

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a...

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a...

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which...

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which...

Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit...

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit...

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would...

The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would...

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible...

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible...