The finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be seldomest seen in their best form.

Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel.

I know well that happiness is in little things.

You may sell your work, but not your soul.

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.

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.

The force of the guinea you have in your pocket depends wholly on the default of a guinea in your neighbour's pocket. If he did not want it, it would be of no use to you.