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.

The reason that women are so much more sociable than men is because they act more from the heart than the intellect.

The impartiality of history is not that of the mirror, which merely reflects objects, but of the judge, who sees, listens, and decides.

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

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

Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

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 Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!