The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul.

But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!

It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that caused the trouble in the garden of Eden.

The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul.

Since when was genius found respectable?

And is it not the chief good of money, the being free from the need of thinking of it?

It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of the very shadow of the person lying there fixed forever! It is the very sanctification of portraits I think - and it is not at all monstrous in me to say that I would rather have such a memorial of one I dearly loved, than the noblest Artist's work ever produced.