Better extirpate the whole breed, root and branch. And this, unless the German people come to their senses, is what we propose to do.

Did any great genius ever enter the world in the wake of commonplace pre-natal conditions? Was a maker of history ever born amidst the pleasant harmonies of a satisfied domesticity? Of a mother who was less than remarkable, although she may have escaped being great? Did a woman with no wildness in her blood ever inform a brain with electric fire? The students of history know that while many mothers of great men have been virtuous, none have been commonplace, and few have been happy.

The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.

when I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers; and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings.

No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one reward of virtue.

Men are not amusing during the shooting season; but, after all, my dear, men were not especially designed to amuse women.

The French are a race of individuals. There is no type.