Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur.

No furniture is so charming as books.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.