Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

The first of all simple colours is White ... We shall set down White for the representative of light, without which no colour can be seen; Yellow for the earth; Green for water; Blue for air; Red for fire; and Black for total darkness.

Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition.

Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones.

The motions of men must be such as suggest their dignity or their baseness.