‘Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, should let itself be snuff’d out by an article. – Lord Byron 1.11K
On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined. No sleep til morn, when youth and pleasure meet to chase the glowing hours with flying feet. 800
The phrase “unconscious humour” is the one contribution I have made to the current literature of the day. 648
England is a paradise for women, and hell for horses: Italy a paradise for horses , hell for women. 901
To see her is to love her, and love but her for ever. For Nature made her what she is, and ne’er made anither. 695
That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! 751
The art of Biography is different from Geography. Geography is about Maps, but Biography is about chaps. 790
When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. 754