My own luck has been curious all my literary life; I never could tell a lie that anyone would doubt, not a truth that anybody would believe.

When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.

When in doubt tell the truth.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half of life consists of the chance without the capacity

It is hard enough luck being a monarch, without being a target also