There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.

Veni vidi veni iterum! (I came, I saw, I came again!)

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

If it is not nailed to the floor, it's mine. If I can pry it loose, it is not nailed down.

A gentleman never offends unintentionally