Small rooms or dwellings set the mind in the right path, large ones cause it to go astray.

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

I say that in narrative paintings one should mingle direct contraries close by, because they produce strong contrasts with one another, and all the more so when they are very close together; that is, the ugly next to the beautiful, the big to the small, the old to the young, the strong to the weak; in this way you will vary as much as possible and close by.

Fame alone raises herself to Heaven, because virtuous things are in favour with God.

A life well used procures a happy death.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.