There are no laws by which we can write Iliads.
The object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy them
Work first, and then rest.
The proof of a thing's being right is that it has power over the heart; that it excites us, wins us, or helps us.
If you can draw the stone rightly, everything within reach of art is also within yours.
God gives us always strength enough, and sense enough, for what He wants us to do; if we either tire ourselves or puzzle ourselves, it is our own fault.