Alas! we are the sport of destiny.

Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.

True love is better than glory.

Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.

Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.

Time passes, Time the consoler, Time the anodyne.

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.