Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.
The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
Riches are for spending.
Nothing is to be feared but fear itself. Nothing grievous but to yield to grief.
I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.