A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

It is useless to deny, and impossible to conceal, that a great part of Europe, the whole of Italy and France, and a great portion of Germany, to say nothing of other countries - is covered with a network of these secret societies, just as the superfices of the Earth are being covered with railroads.

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.

Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.

In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.