That which seems to be wealth may in verity be only the gilded index of far reaching ruin

I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

If you do not wish for His kingdom do not pray for it. But if you do you must do more than pray for it, you must work for it.

God alone can finish.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

You cannot have good architecture merely by asking people's advice on occasion. All good architecture is the expression of national life and character; and it is produced by a prevalent and eager national taste, or desire for beauty.