The breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air than in the hand.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

If you want to convey fact, this can only ever be done through a form of distortion. You must distort to transform what is called appearance into image.

You want accuracy, but not representation. If you know how to make the figuration, it doesn't work. Anything you can make, you make by accident. In painting, you have to know what you do, not how, when you do it.

I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, "Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner."

Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God