To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.

All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.

Movement will fail sooner than usefulness.

We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills.

Nothing is hidden under the sun.