Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.

Kindness is virtue itself.

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

Photography is better than art. It is a solar phenomenon in which the artist collaborates with the sun.

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 Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!

History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.

Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.