The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race.

Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.

Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.

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

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

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.