Savage is he who saves himself.
A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.
I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils
The knowledge of the past times and of the places of the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.
He who does not understand the supreme certainty of mathematics is wallowing in confusion.