Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

The mole has very small eyes and it always lives under ground; and it lives as long as it is in the dark but when it comes into the light it dies immediately, because it becomes known;--and so it is with lies.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.

One painter ought never to imitate the manner of any other; because in that case he cannot be called the child of nature, but the grandchild. It is always best to have recourse to nature, which is replete with such abundance of objects, than to the productions of other masters, who learnt everything from her.