More quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
"Life is made up of marble and mud."
"Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love."
"Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not."
"Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers."