They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate.
Time is the most terrible, the most discouraging, the most unconquerable of all obstacles, and one that may exist when no other does.
When one misses an opportunity one is apt to fancy that another will never present itself.
To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.
Soul is as necessary in a painting as body.
Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.