No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so that conduct may really be the consequence of belief

As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.

In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.