We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.

We are all wise for other people, none for himself.

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible.

It behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

It is always a practical difficulty with clubs to regulate the laws of election so as to exclude peremptorily every social nuisance. Nobody wishes bad manners. We must have loyalty and character.

In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made different? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.

There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day.