Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.

Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

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.

The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.