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

That which seems to be wealth may in verity be only the gilded index of far reaching ruin

In all things that live there are certain irregularities, and deficiencies which are not only signs of life, but sources of beauty. No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry.

It was stated, . . . that the value of architecture depended on two distinct characters:--the one, the impression it receives from human power; the other, the image it bears of the natural creation.

All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.

It is not the weariness of mortality, but the strength of divinity, which we have to recognize in all mighty things; and that is just what we now never recognize, but think that we are to do great things by help of iron bars and perspiration. Alas! we shall do nothing that way but lose some pounds of our own weight.

Work first, and then rest.