Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
Blessed is that man who knows his own distaff and has found his own spindle.
It is only rogues who feel the restraints of law.
The temple of art is built in words.
The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.
A fortune won in a day is lost in a day; a fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it the property of endurance.