The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!

The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims.

We are now in want of an art to teach how books are to be read rather than to read them. Such an art is practicable.

How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild - a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division of the globe. If you like, we shall divide the United States into two parts, one for you, James [Rothschild], and one for you, Lionel [Rothschild]. Napoleon will do exactly and all that I shall advise him.