"He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any letter; 18 but others say that it was Diogenes who gave this description of it, while Aristotle called beauty "the gift of God"; that Socrates called it "a short-lived tyranny"; Theophrastus, "a silent deceit"; Theocritus, "an ivory mischief"; Carneades, "a sovereignty which stood in need of no guards."

"The sublime is excited in me by the great stoical doctrine, Obey thyself."

"When we read or hear how some professed Christian has turned defaulter, or lapsed into drunkenness, or slip…"

"The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely."

"Hunting hawks do not belong in cages, no matter how much a man covets their grace, no matter how golden the…"

"I've always loved strong women, which is lucky for me because once you're over about twenty-five there is n…"

"Possibly steel is so beautiful because of all the movement associated with it, its strength and functions..…"