I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.

I die but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed.

And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach, That spring-dew of the spirit! the heart's rain! Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please,—the more because they preach in vain,— Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after.

Next to dressing for a rout or ball, undressing is a woe.

I awoke one day to find myself famous.

If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself...that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.

Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife, He would have written sonnets all his life?.