Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.

Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful.

And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,--though he may become perfectly identified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps better than his own,--yet never can he succeed in changing his handwriting to a foreign style.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

Rothschild is the Lord and Master of the money markets of the world, and of course virtually Lord and Master of everything else. He literally held the revenues of Southern Italy in pawn, and Monarchs and Ministers of all countries courted his advice and were guided by his suggestions.

I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.