Art is a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are yet to be born.

He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.

There are circumstances in which despair does not imply inactivity.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.

Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.