There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Innocence has a friend in heaven.

Freedom can occur only through education.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

There is a nobility in the world of manners.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. In this great balance of utility, the spiritual service of art has no weight, and, deprived of all encouragement, it vanishes from the noisy Vanity Fair of our time.

Where there is much freedom there is much error.