I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils

The eye - which sees all objects reversed - retains the images for some time.

The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and the same thing. The work is the first thing born of this union; if the thing loved is base the lover becomes base.

Nature is constrained by the cause of her laws which dwell inborn in her. Variant: Nature is constrained by the order of her own law which lives and works within her.

The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain

O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.

Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.