There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

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 Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!

Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature.

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.

Good manners require space and time.

Exquisite beauty resides rather in the female form than face, where it is also more lasting.

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