If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember it.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.

Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it.

Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue.

God has prohibited despair.

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.