A good name is like precious ointment ; it filleth all round about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.

Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.

A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father; to his wife, but as a husband; to his enemy, but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak, as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.

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

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.