The new American, like the new European, was the servant of the powerhouse, as the European of the twelfth century was the servant of the Church.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously... It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.

In the one branch he most needed

The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society.

Chaos breeds life; Order creates habit.

A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.