To what gulfs A single deviation from the track Of human duties leads even those who claim The homage of mankind as their born due, And find it, till they forfeit it themselves!

Prolonged endurance tames the bold.

I hate all pain, Given or received; we have enough within us The meanest vassal as the loftiest monarch, Not to add to each other's natural burden Of mortal misery.

I was accused of every monstrous vice by public rumour and private rancour; my name, which had been a knightly or noble one, was tainted. I felt that, if what was whispered, and muttered, and murmured, was true, I was unfit for England; if false, England was unfit for me.

This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

A little still she strove, and much repented, And whispering “I will ne'er consent”—consented.