Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty.

Those have not lived who have not seen Rome.

there is such a rebound from parental influence that it generally seems that the child makes use of the directions given by the parent only to avoid the prescribed path.

Who can ever be alone for a moment in Italy? Every stone has a voice, every grain of dust seems instinct with spirit from the Past, every step recalls some line, some legend of long-neglected lore.