There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.

There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual.

In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.

We seldom see anybody who is not uneasy or afraid to live.

Greatness is a property for which no man gets credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

Herein is the explanation of the analogies, which exist in all the arts. They are the re-appearance of one mind, working in many materials to many temporary ends. Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakspeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it. Painting was called "silent poetry," and poetry "speaking painting." The laws of each art are convertible into the laws of every other.