Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.
I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn.
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love
It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.
Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.