Wearing spectacles makes men conceited, because spectacles raise them to a degree of sensual perfection which is far above the power of their own nature.

A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make something of him.

Wearing spectacles makes men conceited, because spectacles raise them to a degree of sensual perfection which is far above the power of their own nature.

Invention requires an excited mind; execution, a calm one.