Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

Destiny is our will, and our will is nature.

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.

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

Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.

Duty cannot exist without faith