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

There is moderation even in excess.

Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others.

I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it.

Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.

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

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.