All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to me a wicked player.

Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to me a wicked player.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genii.

True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genii.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.