In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

Never make heads straight on the shoulders, but turn them aside to the right or to the left, even though they look down, or upward, or straight ahead, because it is necessary for them to look lively and awake and not asleep. And do not depict the front or rear half of the whole person so that too much straightness is displaced, one half above or below the other half; and if you should wish to use stiff figures, do so only in portraying old people.

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.

The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.

Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor.

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

Water is the driving force of all nature.