The mind resorts to reason for want of training.

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.

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

In the history of the United States, there is no continuity at all. You can cut through it anywhere and nothing on this side of the cut has anything to do with anything on the other side.

Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where their influence stops.

A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.

If I grapple with sin in my own strength, the devil knows he may go to sleep.