Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

The greatest step forward would be to see that everything factual is already theory. The blueness of the sky reveals the basic lawof chromatics. Don't look for anything behind the phenomena, they themselves are the doctrine.

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.

Aptitudes are assumed, they should become accomplishments. That is the purpose of all education.

Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.