Nature did all things well

So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.

And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed.

The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires.

Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here. I live meanly and don't bother about life or honor ... and I live with the greatest toil and a thousand worries. It is now about 15 years since I had a happy hour.

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time.