Lord of
Lord of
I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.
butler daughters grow run wives
Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, and daughters sometimes run off with the butler
men
Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.
life reward vicious
Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life - and if Virtue is not its own reward I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.
detest far haste longest love men
Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.
expect gives later sooner
A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
gives
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
advice generally man praise wants
When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise
british-statesman
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
british-statesman government preserve prevent
The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
british-statesman men support
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
british-statesman fool honest
A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
allowed coming invade life private religion
Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.
british-statesman
It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.