"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else."

"The American women are certainly not pretty... They are not graceful, they are not elegant, they are not accomplished, they are not intellectual, they are not virtuous, and they are not honest."

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."

"I have a strong dislike for all forms of political humbug."

"The best way to make a man feel at home is to make him feel at home."