People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

The Orientals have another word for accident; it is "kismet,"--fate.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

Even Holland and Spain have been positively, though not relatively, advancing.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.