In the Heaven's above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of 'Mother.

The pioneers and missionaries of religion have been the real cause of more trouble and war than all other classes of mankind.

Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard.

How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry.

It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain, but, once conceived, it haunted me day and night.