London is a roost for every bird.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.

Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imaginative people.

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.