Let not your rage or malice destroy a life.

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.

Good writing comes from good talent.

Though I may not . . . be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater and more worthy - on experience.

The lover is moved by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which perceives, and it unites with it and they become one and the same thing... when the lover is united with the beloved it finds rest there; when the burden is laid down there it finds rest.

One's thoughts turn towards Hope.