Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

All the housemaid hopes is, happiness for 'em - but marriage is a lottery, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels the independence and the safety of a single life.

There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.