“What you seek is seeking you.”
“Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by men for whatsoever uses that the sight of them contributes to his mental health, power, and pleasure.”
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
“The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.”
“Tell me what you like and I’ll tell you what you are.”
“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.”
“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.”
“All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour and the books of all time.”
“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.”
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
“There is no wealth but life.”
“He who is slow in believing is strong in believing.”
“Men are not made to be crowded together; the spirit of the people lives in the countryside.”
“To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say and to finish without knowing what you have written.”
“Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.”
“Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.”
“Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.”
“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.”
“Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.”
“Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.”