There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment.
Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity.
Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.
Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.
When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.
A temperate style is alone classical.