"Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance."
"Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change."
"Every true genius is bound to be naive."
"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom."
"Mankind is made great or little by its own will."
"Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men."