A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.

All high beauty has a moral element in it.

Self sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-command is the main elegance.

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.

Thought is the seed of action; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first.

Any work looks wonderful to me except the one which I can do.