A good conscience is a continual feast.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one.

There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable, as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it, but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.