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.

The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

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

Kindness is virtue itself.