As inclination changes, thus ebbs and flows the unstable tide of public judgment.
Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.
Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
A noble soul spreads even over a face in which the architectonic beauty is wanting an irresistible grace, and a often even triumphs over the natural disfavor.
The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.