Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.

To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.

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

Personal experience is the basis of all real literature.

Remember that every drop of rain that falls bears into the bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility.

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

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.