In order that she may be able to give her hand with dignity, she must be able to stand alone.

All greatness affects different minds, each in its own particular kind, and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling.

Truth is the first of jewels.

For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life.

... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.

If anything can be invented more excruciating than an English Opera, such as was the fashion at the time I was in London, I am sure no sin of mine deserves the punishment of bearing it.

Life is richly worth living, with its continual revelations of mighty woe, yet infinite hope; and I take it to my breast.