Who said “History is the essence of innumerable biographies.”?

“Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.”

“Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.”

“Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.”

“The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.”

“There ain't nothing that breaks up homes, country, and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs.”

“Wonder is the basis of worship.”

“Every noble work is at first impossible.”

“A fair day's wages for a fair day's work.”

“Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.”

“The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.”

“Clever men are good, but they are not the best.”