To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

The beauty of a great idea lies in the art of using it.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial; but here was something there was no doubt of.

Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy.

A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.