Artists must be sacrificed to their art.

As men get on in life, they acquire a love for sincerity, and somewhat less solicitude to be lulled or amused. In the progress ofthe character, there is an increasing faith in the moral sentiment, and a decreasing faith in propositions.

But in every constitution some large degree of animal vigor is necessary as material foundation for the higher qualities of the art.

We must leave our pets at home, when we go into the street, and meet men on broad grounds of good meaning and good sense.

Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace.

The house praises the carpenter.

Enthusiasm is the engine of success.