A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.

It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.

You must have plenty of sea-room to tell the truth in.

Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and pity; and may fulfillment verify in the end those expectations which kindle the bards of Progress and Humanity.

There is no life in thee, now, except that rocking life imparted by a gently rolling ship; by her, borrowed from the sea; by the sea, from the inscrutable tides of God.

He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.