It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.

Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.

We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.

Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never.

Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion.