You may not, cannot, appropriate beauty. It is the wealth of the eye, and a cat may gaze upon a king.

Love of truth will bless the lover all his days; yet when he brings her home, his fair-faced bride, she comes empty-handed to his door, herself her only dower.

Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to the character.

All men need something to poetize and idealize their life a little-something which they value for more than its use, and which is a symbol of their emancipation from the mere materialism and drudgery of daily life.

Man is the jewel of God, who has created this material world to keep his treasure in.

I am conscious of eternal life.

No man is so great as mankind.