The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part in the care of the family. She is the sweet rallying-point for affection, obedience, and a thousand tendernesses. Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!

Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.

God has placed the genius of women in their hearts, because the works of this genius are always works of love.

Man is born barbarous--he is ransomed from the condition of beasts only by being cultivated.

Esteem incites friendship, but not love; the former is the twin brother of Reverence; the latter is the child of Equality.

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?

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