Jenny replied to this with a bitterness which might have surprized a judicious person, who had observed the tranquillity with which she bore all the affronts to her chastity; but her patience was perhaps tired out, for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.

Quality is never an accident.

I banish fear with two words: you lead.

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.

Anxiety is interest paid on trouble before it is due.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind.

Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of mystery.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.