Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it.

Some promises and time disappoint us

When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only finish one portion of the drawing, just make certain that all the parts hang together, so that the study will be useful to you in the future.

I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental.

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener.

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.