The desire to know is natural to good men.

In life beauty perishes, but not in art.

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain

First study the science, and then practice the art which is born of that science.

Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

I woke up only to find the rest of the world asleep.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.