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.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.

She is an excellent creature, but she can never remember which came first, the Greeks or the Romans.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.