There is nothing perfectly secure but poverty.

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

As I gaze upon the sea! All the old romantic legends, all my dreams, come back to me.

In what a forge and what a heat were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock; 'Tis of the wave and not the rock.

Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man.

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

What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is?