London is a modern Babylon.
Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient.
Never complain and never explain.
I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.
Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.
One event makes another. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens; and time can only prove which is most for our advantage.