Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.

A temperate style is alone classical.

The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power.

In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of youth with which age should surround itself.

The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.