Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.

The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

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.

Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors' minds ages ago.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.