The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.

Nature is the living, visible garment of God.

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

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

If youth is a fault, it is one that one gets rid of soon enough.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

He is a man whom it is impossible to please, because he is never pleased with himself.