Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

The threshold is the place of expectation.

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them.

Wishes are premonitions of abilities.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds.