A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.
All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.
Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.