Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

I'm a practical person. I'm not too bad a carpenter. I can renovate houses.