Beware Of Undertaking Too Much

You Can Only Acquire Really Useful General Ideas By First Acquiring Particular Ideas . . . You Cannot Make Bricks Without Straw.

Every Scene, Even The Commonest, Is Wonderful, If Only One Can Detach Oneself, Casting Off All Memory Of Use And Custom And Behold It, As It Were, For The First Time.

It Is Difficult To Make A Reputation, But Is Even More Difficult Seriously To Mar A Reputation Once Properly Made --- So Faithful Is The Public.

At Moments We Are All Artists.

It Is Easier To Go Down A Hill Than Up, But The View Is From The Top.