I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
Nature's instructions are always slow; those of men are generally premature.
The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.
God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.
The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which they have no means of obtaining.