6 quotes
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.
The Stones of Venice (1853)
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.
The Stones of Venice (1853)
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
The Two Paths (1859)
The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as its greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure.
Sesame and Lilies (1864)
Trust thou thy Love: if she be proud, is she not sweet?
Trust thou thy love: if she be mute, is she not pure?
Lay thou thy soul full in her hands, low at her feet—
Fail, Sun and Breath!—yet, for thy peace, she shall endure.
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
Misattributed