Jewelry and profuse ornaments are unmistakable evidences of vulgarity.

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

Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors.

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Trees that, like the poplar, lift upward all their boughs, give no shade and no shelter, whatever their height. Trees the most lovingly shelter and shade us, when, like the willow, the higher soar their summits, the lower drop their boughs.

Despair makes victims sometimes victors.