politicians ... turn patriotism into shopkeeping and their own interest - men who care far more for who governs us than for how we are governed.. And what will be the end of such ways? I will tell you. We shall have a Democracy that will be the reign of those who know the least and talk the loudest.

Death is like the setting of the sun. The sun never sets; life never ceases. ... we think the sun sets, and it never ceases shining; we think our friends die, and they never cease living.

There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

... trouble of all kinds is voluble, and has plenty of words, but happiness was never written down.

The first step is what I like to be sure of ... to the second step it often binds you.

All revolutions are treason until they are accomplished.