Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.

Even Holland and Spain have been positively, though not relatively, advancing.

Power, safely defied, touches its downfall.

The most beautiful object in the world, it will be allowed, is a beautiful woman.

The Orientals have another word for accident; it is "kismet,"--fate.

Nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.

Beards in olden times, were the emblems of wisdom and piety.