For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

Painting is a duality and abstract painting is an entirely aesthetic thing. It always remains on one level. It is only really interesting in the beauty of its patterns or its shapes.

Wounds cannot be cured without searching.