The most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look.

Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment.

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work least, for they are thinking out inventions.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.