Kindness is virtue itself.

Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.

We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim.

Man is born barbarous--he is ransomed from the condition of beasts only by being cultivated.

Yet, in these autumn days when Nature expires, Here, in these veiled scenes, I find more attractions; It is a friend's sad goodbye; it is the last smile From lips that death is going to close forever!

God has placed the genius of women in their hearts, because the works of this genius are always works of love.

Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.