People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.

Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.

England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.