Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.
One must be something, in order to do something.
Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees.
Miracle is the pet child of faith.
A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice.
Whatever Nature undertakes, she can only accomplish it in a sequence. She never makes a leap.