It is useless to deny, and impossible to conceal, that a great part of Europe, the whole of Italy and France, and a great portion of Germany, to say nothing of other countries - is covered with a network of these secret societies, just as the superfices of the Earth are being covered with railroads.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

The canter is a cure for every evil.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.