Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.
See that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it.
I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
You can only possess beauty through understanding it.
Greater completion marks the progress of art, absolute completion usually its decline.
Nature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable.