We have to have the money to do the work we want to do, as well as to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. Fat commissions are good, but not always easy to come by, and each new painting takes its time. So we need to find every way possible to earn extra income from our work.

People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.

Clergymen have much the same in their breeches as other men.

Love has no place in a lawyer's office.

There was no escaping by means of any journey, however adventurous, one took one's problems and sorrows with one.

Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span on this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.

People make one happy, not houses.