"Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon."

"If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality."

"Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man."

"Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power."

"You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men."