Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.

Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.

I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.

Female friendships are of rapid growth.

If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.