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

Energy enables a man to force his way through irksome drudgery and dry details and caries him onward and upward to every station in life.

Self-control is only courage under another form.

Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.

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.

True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.