Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

... since she might not be splendid, she would at least be immaculate.

Oxford lends sweetness to labour and dignity to leisure.

To live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it...to think intently and fruitfully, to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation-this is the only thing.

The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.

Of course what he most intensely dreams of is being taken out on walks, and the more you are able to indulge him the more will he adore you and the more all the latent beauty of his nature will come out.