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

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

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

The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men.

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.

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

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.