Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.
Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.
The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.
Everything in this world depends upon will.
To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods.
A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.
Tobacco is the tomb of love.
In politics experiments means revolutions.
Her Majesty is not a subject.
What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.
A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.
London; a nation, not a city.
The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.
The world is ruled by other people, than people believe to know.
Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.
The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.
There are few positions less inspiriting than those of a discomfited party.
England does not love coalitions.
When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous.
The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.