Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.

Stothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny insects. A burnt stick and a barn door served Wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas.

The egotist is next door to a fanatic.

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.

This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.