At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.

Loving is half of believing.

He does not weep who does not see.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Let the one fight for his flag, and the other for his ideal, and let them both imagine that they are fighting for the country; the strife will be colossal.

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.