A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.

A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.

If you work together as a team, the arrangement should be positive and beneficial to all involved.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount.

The intelligent investor is likely to need considerable will power to keep from following the crowd.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

Drop the veneer periodically and be like "OK, I'm an imperfect human. Let's try to get through this."

We are fundamentally good, and evil is an aberration.

I feel my shows are like a late-night talk show that we settle down and do every night.

Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.

I'm a comedian at the beginning and the end of the day. I'm not affiliated with any campaign, nor do I generally find politics interesting enough to plan to be involved.