No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key to history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been written by men who are ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it involves. . . Language and religion do not make a race--there is only one thing which makes a race, and that is blood.

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

Departure should be sudden.

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.

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

We are taught words, not ideas.

There are few young women in existence who have not the power of fascinating, if they choose to exert it.