What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.

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.

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

London is a roost for every bird.

Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.