That man is always happy who is in the presence of something which he cannot know to the full, which he is always going on to know.

An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keef out of it.

Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade.

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.

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.

You talk of the scythe of Time, and the tooth of Time: I tell you, Time is scytheless and toothless; it is we who gnaw like the worm - we who smite like the scythe. It is ourselves who abolish - ourselves who consume: we are the mildew, and the flame.