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.

Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.

The organ of perception acts more readily than judgment.

The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.

Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

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

Fear arises sooner than anything else.