Venice is all sea and sculpture.

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an energetic minority presenting the indifferent majority with a fait accompli, which was then accepted.

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.

Definite gifts render their possessors capable of overcoming any obstacle this side of death; they create an impetus of far more genuine value than external advantages in some other career where the impulse to make use of them remains weak or non-existent. The work that one enjoys is the greatest source of happiness and vitality in life.

An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.

Venice is all sea and sculpture.