To keep our faces toward chance and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.

For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.

Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of the sunbeams.

We must not creep along when our souls cry out for us to soar!

Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.

The tragic side of many architectural enterprises is that they destroy natural beauties which are a priceless possession and cannot be replaced.

It is better to have no sight than it is to have no vision.