"... This is a most decorative herb, with pink buds on stems covered with purplish-grey hairs that glisten in the sun.…"

"grows some 6–12in. high, spreading laterally, with a "japanses" style of growth, and has mint-blue flowers, like the …"

"A striking plant from Tibet, the asafoetida has stimulant properties, and is a close relative of ) which it resembles…"

"I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldw…"

"As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections."

"A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense."

"The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to…"

"Piety in art—poetry in art—Puseyism in art—let us be careful how we confound them."

"He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not fo…"

"Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the v…"