There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.
London is a modern Babylon.
How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.
Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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.