Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, at my best value.
Love lodged in a woman's breast is but a guest.
Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.
In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building has three conditions: Commodity, Firmness and Delight.
The itch of disputation will prove the scab of the Church.