No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.
Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.
Art speaks only to the mind, whereas nature speaks to all the faculties.
A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images.
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.
Years do not always make age.