There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we must obey.

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.

The flowering of civilization is the finished man, the man of sense, of grace, of accomplishment, of social power--the gentleman.

The eye is the painter and the ear the singer.

It is commonly said by farmers, that a good pear or apple costs no more time or pains to rear, than a poor one; so I would have no work of art, no speech, or action, or thought, or friend, but the best.

Let us not be too much acquainted. I would have a man enter his house through a hall filled with heroic and sacred sculptures, that he might not want the hint of tranquillity and self-poise.

If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?