Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class; publication and not news.

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.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.