A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.

In politics experiments means revolutions.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.