The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.

It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy.

It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.

Little things affect little minds.