When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.

To speak ill of a good person is not truly good, all in all.

Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.

average human “looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.