Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man.

His first contribution to literature was the humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads written along with W. He also wrote Lives of Professor Aytoun and Lord Lyndhurst. He also publiTheodore Martind a complete translation of Horace with a Life and one of Catullus.

Sir Theodore Martin KCB KCVO (16 September 1816 - 18 August 1909) was a Scottish poet biographer and translator.