We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Of several bodies, all equally large and equally distant, that which is most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and largest.
It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.
Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.
Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie.