The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.
The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.
The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.
Seventy is old enough. After that there is too much risk.
It is so unsatisfactory to read a noble passage and have no one you love at hand to share the happiness with you. And it is unsatisfactory to read to one's self anyhow - for the uttered voice so heightens the expression.
Few of us stand prosperity; another man's I mean.