Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

There is no gambling like politics.

The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.

The English nation is never so great as in adversity.

Rothschild is the lord and master of the money markerts of the world and virtually lord and master of everything else.

We make our fortunes and we call them fate.