When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful.
Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.
Drawing is the true test of art.
I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect.