The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.

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

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

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

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?

Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature.

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.