Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

Ignorance never settles a question.

Nobody should ever look anxious except those who have no anxiety.

London; a nation, not a city.

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.