Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter.

Coquettes are, but too rare. It is a career that requires great abilities, infinite pains, a gay and airy spirit. 'T is the coquette who provides all the amusements,--suggests the riding-party, plans the picnic, gives and guesses charades, acts them. She is the stirring element amid the heavy congeries of social atoms,--the soul of the house, the salt of the banquet.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.