It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, and to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance.

I would like, in my arbitrary way, to bring one nearer to the actual human being.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

All painting is an accident. But it's also not an accident, because one must select what part of the accident one chooses to preserve.

Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it not either for pleasure of the mind, or for contention, or for superiority to others, or for profit, or fame, or power, or any of these inferior things: but for the benefit and use of life; and that they perfect and govern it in charity.

Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.

Riches are for spending.