I am so changeable, being everything by turns and nothing long - such a strange melange of good and evil.
What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
Life is too short for chess.
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.
America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.