It is among children only, and as children only, that you will find medicine for your healing and true wisdom for your teaching.

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

Wherever men are noble, they love bright colour; and wherever they can live healthily, bright colour is given them—in sky, sea, flowers, and living creatures.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.