Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.

Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously.

I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.

You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.