The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

For a moment I had a view of a world that seemed to wear a vast and dismal aspect of disorder, while, in truth, thanks to our unwearied efforts, it is as sunny an arrangement of small conveniences as the mind of man can conceive.

I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make dspair pause. For in truth, we who are creatures of impulse, are creatures of despair.

I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced