The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
Adventures are to the adventurous.
I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon.
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
The unfortunate are always egotistical.
When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.