The painter strives and competes with nature.
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
There is no result in nature without a cause; understand the cause and you will have no need of the experiment.
We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.
Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.
Of the four elements water is the second in weight and the second in respect of mobility. It is never at rest until it unites with the sea.