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.

On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest people have it in an infinite degree, and among the less, the patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Disorder in a drawing-room is vulgar; in an antiquary's study, not; the black battle-stain on a soldier's face is not vulgar, but the dirty face of a housemaid is.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.

A splendour of miscellaneous spirits.