A good sketch is better than a long speech.
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.
What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!