It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others.

It is no small benefit on finding oneself in bed in the dark to go over again in the imagination the main lines of the forms previously studied, or other noteworthy things conceived by ingenious speculation.

The boundaries of bodies are the least of all things.

The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species.

People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

One's thoughts turn towards Hope.