Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.

But whoso is heroic must find crises to try his edge. Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs, and the trial of persecution always proceeds.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.

Happy will the house be in which the relationships are formed from character.

Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold it's great proportions.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.