Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. — Arthur Helps
Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book. — Arthur Helps
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility — Arthur Helps
The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. — Arthur Helps
The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome. — Arthur Helps
Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel from the land. — Arthur Helps