Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house."

"The head learns new things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences."

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs - jolted by every pebble in the road.

"Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength."