We do not learn much from learned books, but from true, sincere, human books, from frank and honest biographies.

I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of God, is his private ail. Let this be righted, let the spring come to him, the morning rise over his couch, and he will forsake his generous companions without apology.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

Let your condiments be in the condition of your senses.

It would be well, perhaps, if we were to spend more of our days and nights without any obstruction between us and the celestial bodies, if the poet did not speak so much from under a roof, or the saint dwell there so long. Birds do not sing in caves, nor do doves cherish their innocence in dovecots.

Treat your friends for what you know them to be. Regard no surfaces. Consider not what they did, but what they intended.

As long as I have the friendship of the sesasons life will never be a burden to me.