All that is transitory is but a metaphor.

The ground that a good man treads is hallowed.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted. Music is all form and content and elevates and ennobles everything that it expresses.

On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees.