Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.

Exuberance is beauty.

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.