Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.
It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part.
No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.
As ability goes, so goes our fortune.
Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune.
Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.