Reform Is A Work Of Time; A

Excellence Is Never Granted To Man, But As The Reward Of Labour.

There Is No Expedient To Which A Man Will Not Resort To Avoid The Real Labor Of Thinking.

Though Colour May Appear At First A Part Of Painting Merely Mechanical, Yet It Still Has Its Rules, And Those Grounded Upon That Presiding Principle Which Regulates Both The Great And The Little In The Study Of A Painter.

Simplicity Is An Exact Mediumbetween Too Little And Too Much.

If You Have Great Talents, Industry Will Improve Them: If You Have But Moderate Abilities, Industry Will Supply Their Deficiency.