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

Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God.

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.

Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature.

Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.

There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no other eye sees it.

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.