There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
I was shipwrecked before I got aboard.
Let us fight the battle-retreat from the things that attract us and rouse ourselves to meet the things that actually attack us.
Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor
The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.