It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself

It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.

It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

I have always laid it down as a maxim /and found it justified by experience /that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex /but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.

I rather like my reputation, actually, that of a spoiled genius from the Welsh gutter, a drunk, a womanizer; it's rather an attractive image.

It?s a dream come true. Now I?m a happy man. I can die happy.