He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.

Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

I want a very ordered image, but I want it to come about by chance.

For fountains, they are a Great Beauty and Refreshment, but Pools mar all, and make the Garden unwholesome, and full of Flies and Frogs.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.