Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

I am convinced that this is the only means of advancing science, of clearing the mind from a confused heap of contradictory observations, that do but perplex and puzzle the Student, when he compares them, or misguide him if he gives himself up to their authority; but bringing them under one general head, can alone give rest and satisfaction to an inquisitive mind.

Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul.

The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter.

The excellence of every art, must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose