Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

Departure should be sudden.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

I have a great confidence in the revelations which holidays bring forth.

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.