All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.
Nothing is denied to well-directed labor.
Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul.
The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.
The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.