There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we must obey.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

It is in bad taste," is the most formidable word an Englishman can pronounce.

Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid.

Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.

The Sun is the sole inconsumable fireAnd God is the sole inexhaustible Giver.

In England every man you meet is some man's son; in America, he may be some man's father.