Beauty can inspire miracles.

"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.”

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.