God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
Cities are the sinks of the human race.
Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.
It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.
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.