doubts, like facts, are stubborn things.

who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears?

It is amazing how much a thought expands and refines by being put into speech: I should think it could hardly know itself.

words alike make the destiny of empires and of individuals. Ambition, love, hate, interest, vanity, have words for their engines, and need none more powerful. Language is a fifth element - the one by which all the others are swayed.

There is no denying that there are 'royal roads' through existence for the upper classes; for them, at least, the highways are macadamized, swept, and watered.

Youth is a season that has no repose.

Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.