I Am Almost Sick And Giddy With

Whatever Merit There Is In Anything That I Have Written Is Simply Due To The Fact That When I Was A Child My Mother Daily Read Me A Part Of The Bible And Daily Made Me Learn A Part Of It By Heart.

The Eye Is Continually Influenced By What It Cannot Detect; Nay, It Is Not Going Too Far, To Say That It Is Most Influenced By What It Detects Least. Let The Painter Define, If He Can, The Variations Of Lines On Which Depend The Change Of Expression In The Human Countenance.

A Thing Is Worth What It Can Do For You, Not What You Choose To Pay For It.

If A Book Is Worth Reading, It Is Worth Buying.

To Do Your Own Work Well, Whether It Be For Life Or Death.