Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness.

Art trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.

Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

A Cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around.

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.