"All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil."

"Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses."

"What is a crime among the multitude is only a vice among the few."

"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."

"Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty."