He who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent there are the wild love, or the keen sorrow, to give one instant's pleasure to the pulseless heart, or atone in the lowest measure to the departed spirit for the hour of unkindness, will scarcely for the future incur that debt to the heart which can only be discharged to the dust.

Ornamentation is the principal part of architecture, considered as a subject of fine art.

Education is the leading human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them; and these two objects are always attainable together, and by the same means; the training which makes man happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

The best thing in life aren't things.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

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