There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction.

Make yourself a master of perspective, then acquire perfect knowledge of the proportions of men and other animals.

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.