He who desires solitude is either an animal or a god.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother.

For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.

A picture should be a re-creation of an event rather than an illustration of an object; but there is no tension in the picture unless there is a struggle with the object.

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.