It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are pierced and discovered.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.

In charity there is no excess.