Beauty Vanishes; Virtue Is Lasting.

I Have Found Among My Papers A Sheet . . . In Which I Call Architecture Frozen Music.

Nothing Is More Dangerous Than Solitude.

The Decline Of Literature Indicates The Decline Of A Nation.

And I Like Those Authors Best Whose Scenes Describe My Own Situation In Life-- And The Friends Who Are About Me Whose Stories Touch Me With Interest, From Resembling My Own Homely Existence.

Win For Yourself That Which Your Fathers Have Won.