Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not.

Suave molecules of Mocha stir up your blood, without causing excess heat; the organ of thought receives from it a feeling of sympathy; work becomes easier and you will sit down without distress to your principal repast which will restore your body and afford you a calm, delicious night.

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

It is not an event; it is a piece of news.

In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.