Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless.

The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists.

Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.

The nature of things betrays itself more readily under the vexations of art than in its natural freedom.

Painting is the pattern of one's own nervous system being projected on canvas.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

As the births of living creatures at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.