Art trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

It is sad, indeed, to see how man wastes his opportunities. How many could be made happy, with the blessings which are recklessly wasted or thrown away.

Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind.

There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist

Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged.

Love seems to beautify and inspire all nature. It raises the earthly caterpillar into the ethereal butterfly, it paints the feathers in spring, it lights the glowworm's lamp, it wakens the song of birds, and inspires the poet's lay. Even inanimate Nature seems to feel the spell, and flowers glow with the richest colours.

To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.