"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.

If you know anything better than this candidly impart it; if not, use this with me.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

This used to be among my prayers - a piece of land not so very large, which would contain a garden

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

Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.

I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine.