It Is A Glorious Thing To Be

When Wellington Thrashed Bonaparte, As Every Child Can Tell, The House Of Peers, Throughout The War, Did Nothing In Particular, And Did It Very Well

Posterity Shall Know Of Me Even Less Than I Shall Know Of Posterity.

No Good Play Is A Success; Fine Writing And High Morals Are Useless On The Stage. I Have Been Scribbling Twaddle For Thirty-five Years To Suit The Public Taste, And I Should Know.

Love, Unrequited, Robs Me Of My Rest: Love, Hopeless Love, My Ardent Soul Encumbers: Love, Nightmare-like, Lies Heavy On My Chest, And Weaves Itself Into My Midnight Slumbers!

After Many Unhappy Experiments In The Direction Of An Ideal Republic, It Was Found That What May Be Described As A Despotism Tempered By Dynamite Provides, On The Whole, The Most Satisfactory Description Of Ruler - An Autocrat Who Dares Not Abuse His Autocratic Power.