To Repay Evils With Kindness Is The

To Have Been Torn From The Study Would Have Been As Death; My Time Was Entirely Occupied With Art.

But The Moment A Bird Was Dead, No Matter How Beautiful It Had Been In Life, The Pleasure Of Possession Became Blunted For Me.

Great Men Show Politeness In A Particular Way; A Smile Suffices To Assure You That You Are Welcome, And Keep About Their Avocations As If You Were A Member Of The Family.

I Looked Long And Carefully At The Picture Of A Stag Painted By Landseer - The Style Was Good, And The Brush Was Handled With Fine Effect, But He Fails In Copying Nature, Without Which The Best Work Will Be A Failure.

Because My Father Was Often Absent On Naval Duty, My Mother Suffered Me To Do Much As I Pleased