In nature, all is useful, all is beautiful. It is therefore beautiful, because it is alive, moving, reproductive; it is thereforeuseful, because it is symmetrical and fair. Beauty will not come at the call of a legislature, nor will it repeat in England or America its history in Greece. It will come, as always, unannounced, and spring up between the feet of brave and earnest men.

Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquillity that religion is powerless to bestow.

Today is a king in disguise.

There is a crack in everything God has made

What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.

Women see through Claude Lorraines.

For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!