Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Art is a mediator of the unspeakable.

Every decided colour does a certain violence to the eye, and forces the organ to opposition.

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. Every beginning is cheerful: the threshold is the place of expectation.