The whole value of history, of biography, is to increase my self-trust, by demonstrating what man can be and do.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance, you will not easily arrive at better. If they know what is good, and require it. you will aspire and burn until you achieve it. But from time to time, in history, men are born a whole age too soon.

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.

Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far.

It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life.