The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.