Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art. Critical genius means an aptitude for discerning truth under appearances or in disguises which conceal it; for discovering it in spite of the errors of testimony, the frauds of tradition, the dust of time, the loss or alteration of texts. It is the sagacity of the hunter whom nothing deceives for long, and whom no ruse can throw off the trail.

Truth above all, even when it upsets us and overwhelms us.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Before giving advice we must have secured its acceptance, or, rather, have made it desired.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past