It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what a glorious height we have at last carried it.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.

People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.

One errs as long as one strives.