If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking, - the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.