I should never have made my success in life if I had not bestowed upon the least thing I have ever undertaken the same attention and care that I have bestowed upon the greatest.

Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me.

Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent's love.

Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.

Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.

We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune down, Trot!