One Who Does Not Know

Though You May Have Known Clever Men Who Were Indolent, You Never Knew A Great Man Who Was So; And When I Hear A Young Man Spoken Of As Giving Promise Of Great Genius, The First Question I Ask About Him Always Is, Does He Work?

It Is Far Better To Give Work That Is Above A Person, Than To Educate The Person To Be Above Their Work.

Nature Is Painting For Us, Day After Day, Pictures Of Infinite Beauty.

You May Either Win Your Peace Or Buy It: Win It, By Resistance To Evil; Buy It, By Compromise With Evil.

To Banish Imperfection Is To Destroy Expression, To Check Exertion, To Paralyze Vitality.