The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
- Chekhov, Anton

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
- Chesterfield, Lord

Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.
- Arnold, Matthew

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
- Goethe, Johann Von