Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.

All is possible for those who dare to die!

Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.

Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.

In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a tonic and bracer.

Thou hast had thty day, old dame, but thy sun has long been set. Thou art now the very emblem of an old warhorse turned out on the barren heath; thou hast had thy paces in thy time, but now a broken amble is the best of them.

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.