The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions.

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature.

In the image of the lion made He kittens small and curious.

Silence can be defined as conversation with an Englishman

The great pulsation of nature beats too in my breast, and when I carol aloud, I am answered by a thousand-fold echo. I hear a thousand nightingales. Spring hath sent them to awaken Earth from her morning slumber, and Earth trembles with ecstasy, her flowers are hymns, which she sings in inspiration to the sun.