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

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.

The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.