Man is God by his faculty for thought.

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?

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

Love of country produces among men such examples as Cincinnatus, Alfred, Washington--pure, unselfish, symmetrical; among women, Vittoria Colonna, Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday, Jeanne Darc--romantic, devoted, marvelous.

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.

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