But a compassion for that which is not and cannot be useful and lovely, is degrading and futile.

Genius is the power to labor better and more availably. Deserve thy genius: exalt it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight.

The god or hero of the sculptor is always represented in a transition from that which is representable to the senses, to that which is not.

Our condition as men is risky and ticklish enough. One can not be sure of himself and his fortune an hour, but he may be whisked off into some pitiable or ridiculous plight.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.