"Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all."

"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."

"Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing."

"Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy."

"The art of living is discovering that the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."

"There is nothing new in art except talent."

"Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else."

"The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over, better than I've ever seen them before."