An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.

It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

Every woman should marry—and no man.

The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate.