Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

I have lived long enough to know that the evening glow of love has its own riches and splendour.

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it.

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

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.

London; a nation, not a city.