Science is the knowledge of constant things, not merely of passing events, and is properly less the knowledge of general laws than of existing facts.

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.

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

The power of association is stronger than the power of beauty; therefore, the power of association is the power of beauty.

That which is required in order to the attainment of accurate conclusions respecting the essence of the Beautiful is nothing morethan earnest, loving, and unselfish attention to our impressions of it.

Milton saw not, and Beethoven heard not, but the sense of beauty was upon them, and they fain must speak.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one.