Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.

Nothing so difficult as a beginning In poesy, unless perhaps the end.

I cannot describe to you the despairing sensation of trying to do something for a man who seems incapable or unwilling to do anything further for himself.

Armenian is the language to speak with God.

As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.

Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses - that man your navy, and recruit your army - that have enabled you to defy the world, and can also defy you when neglect and calamity have driven them to despair. You may call the people a mob; but do not forget that a mob too often speaks the sentiments of the people.