He who is firm and resolute in will molds the world to himself.

Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.

So then the year is repeating its old story again. We are come once more, thank God! to its most charming chapter. The violets and the Mayflowers are as its inscriptions or vignettes. It always makes a pleasant impression on us, when we open again at these pages of the book of life.

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

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

How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover what you're like.