We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.

People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.

The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them.

If aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life's prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little success.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.

Love creates, love cements, love enters and harmonizes all things.