There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

Silence,--the applause of real and durable impressions.

Women have much more heart and much more imagination than men; hence, fancy often allures them.

France is revolutionary or she is nothing at all. The revolution of1789 is her political religion.

Argument should be polite as well as logical.

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 Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!

Thou makest the man, O Sorrow!--yes, the whole man,--as the crucible gold.