God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct.
The more humanity owes the poor man, the more society denies him.
The landscapist lives in silence.
The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.
We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)