Many have genius, but, wanting art, are forever dumb. The two must go together to form the great poet, painter, or sculptor.

Welcome, Disappointment! Thy hand is cold and hard, but it is the hand of a friend. Thy voice is stern and harsh, but it is the voice of a friend. Oh, there is something sublime in calm endurance, something sublime in the resolute, fixed purpose of suffering without complaining, which makes disappointment oftentimes better than success!

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest . . . White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting Shadows of the palaces and strips of sky.