“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives
“Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand
“In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike
“The greatest truths are wronged if not linked with beauty, and they win their way most surely and deeply into the soul when arrayed in this their natural and fit attire.
“Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works
“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul
“I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.
““I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.
“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process
“If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.