To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.
Benjamin DisraeliAll is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
Benjamin DisraeliCoquettes are, but too rare. It is a career that requires great abilities, infinite pains, a gay and airy spirit. 'T is the coquette who provides all the amusements,--suggests the riding-party, plans the picnic, gives and guesses charades, acts them. She is the stirring element amid the heavy congeries of social atoms,--the soul of the house, the salt of the banquet.
Benjamin Disraeli