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

The Woman had once been supreme; in France she still seemed potent, not merely as a sentiment but as a force; why was she unknownin America? for evidently America was ashamed of her, and she was ashamed of herself, otherwise they would not have strewn fig-leaves so profusely all over her. When she was a true force, she was ignorant of fig-leaves, but the monthly-magazine-made American female had not a feature that would have been recognized by Adam. The trait was notorious, and often humorous, but anyone brought up among Puritans knew that sex was sin. In any previous age, sex was strength.

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men.

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

A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless.

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.

History is only a value of relation.