We must be our own before we can be another's.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
We are always getting ready to live but never living.
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
