A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone had licked it.

Democracy is a word all public men use and none understand.

The most sublime courage I have ever witnessed has been among that class too poor to know they possessed it, and too humble for the world to discover it.

As people get their opinions so largely from the newspapers they read... But the Press is not free, the newspapers are owned by rich men.

Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.

Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.