Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.

Schools should be the most beautiful place in every town and village-so beautiful that the punishment for undutiful children should be barred from going to school the following day.

The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present.

No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.

The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.