The government of a nation itself is usually found to be but the reflux of the individuals composing it. The government that is ahead of the people will be inevitably dragged down to their level, as the government that is behind them will in the long run be dragged up.

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.