Some degree of expression is necessary for growth, but it should be little in proportion to the full life.

While any one is base, none can be entirely free and noble.

How anyone can remain a Catholic - I mean who has ever been aroused to think, and is not biased by the partialities of childish years - after seeing Catholicism here in Italy I cannot conceive.

Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in punishing another as criminal who is not willing to suffer the penalty due to his own offenses.

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life.

It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor.

In order that she may be able to give her hand with dignity, she must be able to stand alone.