The happy man does not notice the flight of time.

If yon wish to be like the gods on earth, to be free in the realms of the dead, pluck not the fruit from the garden! In appearance it may glisten to the eye; but the perishable pleasure of possession quickly avenges the curse of curiosity.

Art is the right hand of Nature.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

It is play and only play that makes man complete.

Stubbornness is not firmness.