What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.