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

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

Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the dead.

The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.

Among the great things which are found among us the existence of Nothing is the greatest.

Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold. For if you multiply your garments as the cold increases, that cold cannot hurt you; in the same way increase your patience under great offenses, and they cannot hurt your feelings.

Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.