It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

All our knowledge originates in opinion.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

Sculptured figures which appear in motion, will, in their standing position, actually look as if they were falling forward.

An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own opinion of it; bad if it is on the same level. But it is a great disaster if your work stands lower than your judgment of it.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind.