What the multitude says, is so, or soon will be so.
Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
To keep is more important than to make friends.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.