Robert Cecil

Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.

Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.

I don't like to get in front of people.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.