"It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."
"All diseases run into one, old age."
"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
"He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life."
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now."
"Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know."
"Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men."
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
"Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them."
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
"All mankind love a lover."
"It is not length of life, but depth of life."
"Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day."
"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
"Genius always finds itself a century too early."
"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think."
"The years teach much which the days never know."
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."
"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting."
"Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world."
"Pictures must not be too picturesque."
"In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine."
"Every artist was first an amateur."
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
