Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.

Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.

Coquettes 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.

As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.

Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.

England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.