Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

The key to education is the experience of beauty.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.