Why should we fear to be crushed by savage elements, we who are made up of the same elements?

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

There are not in the world at any one time more than a dozen persons who read and understand Plato:-never enough to pay for an edition of his works; yet to every generation these come duly down, for the sake of those few persons, as if God brought them written in his hand.

Moller, in his Essay on Architecture, taught that the building which was fitted accurately to answer its end would turn out to be beautiful, though beauty had not been intended. I find the like unity in human structures rather virulent and pervasive.

In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern boxes.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit.