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

It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.

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

The photographer will never replace the painter; one is a man, the other a machine. Let us compare them no longer. (1848)

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.

When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.

Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.