“Invention strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come from nothing.”
“The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.”
“Nothing can be made of nothing; he who has laid up no material can produce no combination.”
“If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.”