"It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other."

"Every woman should marry ... and no man."

"If Mr. Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that would be a calamity."

"Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others."

"The greatest successes are those that are achieved for the benefit of others."