Do not require a description of the countries towards which you sail. The description does not describe them to you, and to- morrow you arrive there,….

We boil at different degrees..

Imitation cannot go above its model..

Art, in the artist, is proportion, or, a habitual respect to the whole by an eye loving beauty in details. And the wonder and charm of it is the sani….

Culture implies all which gives the mind possession of its own powers, as languages to the critic, telescope to the astronomer. Culture alters the po….

The escape from all false ties; courage to be what we are; and love of what is simple and beautiful; independence, and cheerful relation, these are t….

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners..

Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows..

I DO not count the hours I spend In wandering by the sea; The forest is my loyal friend, Like God it useth me..

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory..

A philosopher must be more than a philosopher..

Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought..

The god or hero of the sculptor is always represented in a transition from that which is representable to the senses, to that which is not..

We pray to be conventional. But the wary Heaven takes care you shall not be, if there is anything good in you. Dante was very badcompany, and was nev….

Intellect is void of affection and sees an object as it stands in the light of science, cool and disengaged. The intellect goes out of the individual….

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might..

Religion must always be a crab fruit; it cannot be grafted, and keep its wild beauty..

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone..

All forms of government symbolize an immortal government, common to all dynasties and independent of numbers, perfect where two men exist, perfect wh….

And what fastens attention, in the intercourse of life, like any passage betraying affection between two parties? Perhaps we never saw them before, a….

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it..