The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art.
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Your work should be in praise of what you love.
Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.
Accuracy is essential to beauty.
Let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in bed and board; but let truth and love and honor and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.