We are our own aptest deceiver.

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness; but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.

Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.

Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.