What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever?

The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them valuable.

The Englishman's strong point is his vigorous insularity; that of the American his power of adaptation. Each of these attitudes has its perils. The Englishman stands firmly on his feet, but he who merely does this never advances. The American's disposition is to step forward even at the risk of a fall.

To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Character shows itself apart from genius as a special thing. The first point of measurement of any man is that of quality.

After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence.