"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment."

"The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father."

"Works of imagination should be written in very plain language the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain."

"To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: the silence between the notes creates the music."

"Beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces."

"A life well-lived is a testament that the silence between the notes creates the music."