Doubt grows with knowledge.

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.

Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

Precaution is better than cure.

Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

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.