There is an intimate interdependence of intellect and morals.

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.

In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim... The details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us only the spirit and splendour.

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics, science or manners, which it will not bear.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

It depends little on the object, much on the mood, in art.