It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm of knowledge. That which we feel here as beauty we shall one day know as truth.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.

Appearance rules the world.

Alas! When duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.

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

Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.