A person seldom falls sick but the bystanders are animated with a faint hope that he will die.

For, truly speaking, whoever provokes me to a good act or thought has given me a pledge of his fidelity to virtue,--he has come under the bonds to adhere to that cause to which we are jointly attached.

Do not be caught by the sensational in nature, as a coarse red-faced sunset, a garrulous waterfall, or a fifteen thousand foot mountain... avoid prettiness - the word looks much like pettiness - and there is but little difference between them.

It has been the office of art to educate the perception of beauty. We are immersed in beauty but our eyes have no clear vision.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters,—a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.