True Art Is Reverent Imitation Of God.

Age Does Not Depend Upon Years, But Upon Temperament And Health. Some Men Are Born Old, And Some Never Grow So.

My Books Are My Tools, And The Greater Their Variety And Perfection The Greater The Help To My Literary Work.

Indolence Is The Dry Rot Of Even A Good Mind And A Good Character; The Practical Uselessness Of Both. It Is The Waste Of What Might Be A Happy And Useful Life.

Some Men Are Born Old, And Some Men Never Seem So. If We Keep Well And Cheerful, We Are Always Young And At Last Die In Youth Even When In Years Would Count As Old.

Quiet And Sincere Sympathy Is Often The Most Welcome And Efficient Consolation To The Afflicted. Said A Wise Man To One In Deep Sorrow, I Did Not Come To Comfort You; God Only Can Do That; But I Did Come To Say How Deeply And Tenderly I Feel For You In Your Affliction.