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Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.
Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.
To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.
The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.
Our leisure is the time the Devil seizes upon to make us work for him; and the only way we can avoid conscription into his ranks is to keep all our leisure moments profitably employed.
Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application.
The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.
There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.
Literature is the garden of wisdom.
Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.
Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either case it may be a stain or an honor. If he is born in poverty, and his future life throws a lustre over an humble birth, the reward will not only be great, but his name will stand higher on the roll of honor and virtue, than he who can only boast of his proud descent.
Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.
The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.
The mind paints before the brush.
