And what they dare to dream of, date to do.

Silence is sorrow's best food.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

Life is constantly weighing us in very sensitive scales, and telling every one of us precisely what his real weight is to the last grain of dust.

All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this public opinion that their prosperity depends. It is, therefore, their first duty to purify the element from which they draw the breath of life.

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.