Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

Foreign lady once remarked to the wife of a Spartan commander that the women of Sparta were the only women in the world who could rule men. "We are the only women who raise men," the Spartan lady replied.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Nature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.