A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal read more

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared read more

Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.

All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.