Whoever is ready and willing to work, will have work; and the more he does, the more work will come to him. Work does not seek the idle man, but thrusts itself upon the industrious one.
A gift from the Japanese delegation to Ana Seward for her spectacular dinner hosting abilities at William Seward's Washington D.C. home on Lafayette Square. This fan is depicted in an Emanuel Leutze portrait of Seward's daughter-in-law and hostess, Anna.