What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art

Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind.

Inequality is the cause of all local movements.

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

The five senses are the ministers of the soul.

Black is like a broken vessel, which is deprived of the capacity to contain anything.