I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced.

One point is certain, that truth is one and immutable; until the jurors all agree, they cannot all be right.

Washington, in fact, had very little private life, but was eminently a public character.

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart