There is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

There is superstition in avoiding superstition.

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

When any of the four pillars of government-religion, justice, counsel, and treasure-are mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for fair weather.

There is a cunning which we in England call the rning of the cat in the pan.