What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.

Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house, a world; and beyond its world a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you: build, therefore, your own world.

Not in his goals but in his transitions, man is great.

Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Frankness invites frankness.

If in the least particular, one could derange the order of nature, who would accept the gift of life?