I am a child of Nature, and take after my mother.

Ah, pray no mistake, We are not shy; We're very wide awake The Moon and I.

Spurn not the nobly born with love affected; nor treat with virtuous scorn the well connected.

When every blessed thing you have is made of silver, or of gold, you long for simple pewter.

After many unhappy experiments in the direction of an ideal Republic, it was found that what may be described as a Despotism tempered by Dynamite provides, on the whole, the most satisfactory description of ruler - an autocrat who dares not abuse his autocratic power.

I accept refreshment at any hands, however lowly.

Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.