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 Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!
Alphonse de LamartineEloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator.
Alphonse de LamartineWomen have much more heart and much more imagination than men; hence, fancy often allures them.
Alphonse de Lamartine