It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than it is to apply them.

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.

The way to achieve happiness is to try for perfection that is impossible to achieve, and spend the rest of your life trying to achieve it.

Painting is a companion with whom one may walk a great part of life's journey.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.

It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.