Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom.
I hope to begin a new plan. . . not sitting down to local matter but walking and watching.
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.
A picture has been said to be something between a thing and a thought.
When the door shuts another opens. He that would struggle with the world, and bear up in adversity, ought still to resolve not to be discouraged, for resolution is the mother of fortitude, and not only necessary to our support, but very much conducive to our deliverance.
When less than four years old I was standing with my nurse, Mary Ward, watching the shadows on the wall from branches of an elm behind which the moon had risen. I have never forgot those shadows and am often trying to paint them.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
I prefer all but the very worst travel books, to all but the very best novels.
Life in this world is an attempt to see God.
The vacuum created by a failure to communicate will quickly be filled with rumor, misrepresentations, drivel, and poison.
Its better to wear out than to rust out.