Art is man's refuge from adversity.
Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
The workman still is greater than his work.
He who labors diligently need never despair.
Nothing is more useful than silence.
Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.