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

The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the prejudices and even the absurdities of his time. Fanatics do not select the cleverest but the most fanatical leaders as was evidenced in the choice of Robespierre by the French Jacobins, and in that of Cromwell by the English Puritans.

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

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

Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

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