"It is a profound truth that every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation."

"Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity."

"Nature never breaks her own laws."

"Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair."

"He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts."

"Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured."