Colors are light's suffering and joy

Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.

He is a man whom it is impossible to please, because he is never pleased with himself.

The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine

Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.