A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.

War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.

Nature has not implanted any power in man that was not meant to be exercised at times, though too often our powers have been abused.

All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.

Everyone knows that in most people's estimation, to do anything cooly is to do it genteelly.

for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.