To yield reverence to another, to hold ourselves and our lives at his disposal, is not slavery; often, it is the noblest state in which a man can live in this world.
Variety is a positive requisite even in the character of our food.
Order and system are nobler things than power.
Without mountains the air could not be purified, nor the flowing of the rivers sustained.
Drawing is a means of obtaining and communicating knowledge
You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with them, or too grasping to care for what you can not turn to other account than mere delight.