To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.

Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated.

When a mother, as fond mothers will; vows that she knows every thought in her daughter's heart, I think she pretends to know a great deal too much.

He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character.

Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.

Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.