The 'good old times' - all times when old are good.

Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.

Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.

To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.

What a strange thing is man! And what a stranger is woman.

A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.

The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!