Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it

The first essential to success in the art you practice is respect for the art itself.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

Love is on the verge of hate each time it stoops for pardon.

Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not for themselves.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.