A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply. But it does not look as if it did.

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.