You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art.

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

The English nation is never so great as in adversity.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.

Coquettes are, but too rare. It is a career that requires great abilities, infinite pains, a gay and airy spirit. 'T is the coquette who provides all the amusements,--suggests the riding-party, plans the picnic, gives and guesses charades, acts them. She is the stirring element amid the heavy congeries of social atoms,--the soul of the house, the salt of the banquet.