Were not the eye made to receive the rays of the sun, it could not behold the sun; if the peculiar power of God lay not in us, how could the godlike charm us?

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

To know where a thing is we must have found it.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.