A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon.

A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears.

The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands them all. When the former is combined with tact, it is often more than a match for the latter.

I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.