One of the greatest of a great man's qualities is success; 't is the result of all the others; 't is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.

Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or drowned, like so many blind kittens.

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.