After fifteen minutes nobody looks at a rainbow.

The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does.

Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other hand, has its greatest happiness in execution.

Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing; it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain.

Ambition and love are the wings of great actions.