Silence is the virtue of fools.
Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
The speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but love.
Velazquez found the perfect balance between the ideal illustration which he was required to produce, and the overwhelming emotion he aroused in the spectator.