The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.

The sweet simplicity of the three percents.

The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.