"The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes."

"He is a young, sophisticated rhetorician who is inebriated by the exuberance of his own verbosity."

"I never deny; I never contradict; I sometimes forget."

"An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children."

"One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission."