A mother is the best friend God ever gave.

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.

All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

I once asked a distinguished artist what place he gave to labor in art. "Labor," he in effect said, "is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art." Turning then to another--"And you," I inquired, "what do you consider as the great force in art?" "Love," he replied. In their two answers I found but one truth.

Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.