I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.

Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it.

A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.