Look deeply into life, and study it as diligently as the other arts and sciences.
The laws of morals are those of art.
By means of industry and perseverance you will rise higher and higher.
From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes prodigious. The pound you have received from the Lord,—use it faithfully.
Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.