When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.

Fear God, and where you go men shall think they walk in hallowed cathedrals.

The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.

In the true mythology, Love is an immortal child, and Beauty leads him as a guide; nor can we express a deeper sense than when we say, Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories and criticism.

For the world is not painted, or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe.

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