Idleness induces caprice.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

Taste is the next gift to genius.

In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained; Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?"

Two meanings have our lightest fantasies,- One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.

To make the common marvelous is the test of genius.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.