In belief lies the secret of all valuable exertion.

Days are like years in the love of the young, when no bar, no obstacle, is between their hearts,--when the sun shines, and the course runs smooth--when their love is prosperous and confessed.

Man hazards the condition and loses the virtues of a freeman, in proportion as he accustoms his thoughts to view without anguish or shame, his lapse into the bondage of debtor.

Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.

Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a sufficient time, the leash which at first galled often grows easy and familiar.

Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame - to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell.

There is in the heart of woman such a deep well of love that no age can freeze it.