“Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain”

“Liberality consists rather in giving reasonably than much”

“Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life”

“Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty”

“Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle”

“Joy and temperance and repose - slam the door on the doctor's nose”