An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

I do love violets; they tell the history of woman's love.

Few save the poor feel for the poor.

That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.

of all the follies that we can commit, the greatest is to hesitate.

marriage is like money - seem to want it, and you never get it.

To this hour, the great science and duty of politics is lowered by the petty leaven of small and personal advantage.