Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the corinthian capital of polished society.

My second favourite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.