A bad day in London is still better than a good day anywhere else.

Anon

The man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) A Woman of No Importance, 1893

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)