He [A. J. Balfour] was eminently one of the Cole Porter school of famous men, who only fell to rise again. Picking himself up and brushing himself down became a minor art form, ruefully admired by his contemporaries.
Source: Of Balfour by Peter Clarke; in Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- A J Balfour, (Jul 25 1848-1930), English statesman; He was Prime Minister, 1902-05; wrote Balfour Declaration, 1917, approving the establishment of Jewish state in Palestine.