Poetry is the morning dream of great minds.

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim.

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.

Good manners require space and time.

It is the qualities of the heart, not those of the face, that should attract us in women, because the former are durable, the latter transitory. So lovable women, like roses, retain their sweetness long after they have lost their beauty.

Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature.