There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
It is impossible that beauty should ever distinctly appreciate itself.
Love does not rule; but it trains, and that is more.
The absence of temptation is the absence of virtue.
The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.