Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.

Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life.

Conversation is an evanescent relation,--no more.

The refining influence is the study of art, which is the science of beauty; and I find that every man values every scrap of knowledge in art, every observation of his own in it, every hint he has caught from another. For the laws of beauty are the beauty of beauty, and give the mind the same or a higher joy than the sight of it gives the senses. The study of art is of high value to the growth of the intellect.