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.

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

If the world does improve on the whole, yet youth must always begin anew, and go through the stages of culture from the beginning.

Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.

Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.