Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends.

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith to show their powers of painting.

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

Summer is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength.