One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone. (Margot Asquith)

One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.

Margot Asquith

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