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

And you who wish to represent by words the form of man and all the aspects of his membrification, relinquish that idea. For the more minutely you describe the more you will confine the mind of the reader, and the more you will keep him from the knowledge of the thing described. And so it is necessary to draw and to describe.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

When that which loves is united to the thing beloved it can rest there; when the burden is laid down it finds rest there. There will be eternal fame also for the inhabitants of that town, constructed and enlarged by him.

The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God's grace; and Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!