Eloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator.

Eloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator.

The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground.

Time is a great ocean which, like the other ocean, overflows with our remains.

The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the prejudices and even the absurdities of his time. Fanatics do not select the cleverest but the most fanatical leaders as was evidenced in the choice of Robespierre by the French Jacobins, and in that of Cromwell by the English Puritans.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

Ink is the transcript of thought.