Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels.

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards - When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.

I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.

After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.

I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason.